Viaggio in Olanda
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Sabato 5 Aprile
Soggiorno in famiglia
Bas è il nome del ragazzo olandese che mi ha ospitato. Ha 14 anni ed una sorella di nome Patricia. Suo padre, Ad, lavora in una fabbrica di imballaggi, mentre Sonja, la madre, fa la casalinga. Non manca come d'altronde in molte famiglie olandesi, il cane: Racka.
In quella casa l'atmosfera era sempre allietata da qualche musica di sottofondo e mi dava una piacevole sensazione.
Io e Bas abbiamo in comune la passione per il computer e, inutile dirlo, abbiamo trascorso tanto tempo a scambiarci idee su programmi e a giocare con simulatori di gare.
E' stato interessante vedere come erano costruite le loro case: esse sono di mattoni, sono piccole e a due piani: al pian terreno c'è di solito la zona giorno e al piano superiore la zona notte. La maggior parte di queste case è circondata da tanto verde e da bei fiori.
La cena era il momento più piacevole della giornata: tutti ci ritrovavamo a tavola e parlavamo di tutto ciò che ci riguardava e ci conoscevamo meglio. Mi colpiva specialmente la grande varietà di pietanze che veniva arricchita da tanti tipi di formaggi.
Tutto sommato si è creato un clima così familiare che dimenticavo di essere in un posto tanto lontano da casa mia, e non sentivo neanche un po' di nostalgia.
Lorenzo
When I arrived, I was very excited to meet a Dutch girl, I was afraid I could not speak English very well with her and with her family. I was excited to stay in a new family, different from mine, too.
When I arrived home, I gave some presents to them and then I went into my room to open my baggage and to see my bed, the rooms, etc. ...
At about 6:30 p.m. we had dinner: this dinner was strange for me because the food eaten by Dutch families is was very different from the Italian food (I prefer the last one).
The family where I stayed was very nice; they were friendly and they gave me almost everything. The problem was: Dutch people have got a different mentality from the Italian one; they think that the girls who are 14 or 15 can't do many things, like going out very often, in the evening, or with friends ... In my town when I finish my homework I go out almost every day.
They don't like going out and for me it's very difficult staying always at home specially when I am in a new place that I have never seen before, and I don't know if I come here again. I'd like to visit many places, going shopping, and see as many places as possible.
But the teachers, before leaving for Holland, organised all our activities and now that's o.k.! I have always been happy of having met Astrid; it has been a new experience even if very difficult. I hope to have improved my English...
Pucci
When our teacher proposed this exchange with Dutch pupils we were very excited. We talked about this project with our family: first there were a lot of probles as we didn’t know anything about Dutch people. So our English teachers and our headmaster talked with our parents to explain all the activities; after we decided to join the project. So we started writing e-mails and we began to know each other. We left from Catania airport and we arrived in Breda at about 2.00 pm. on 29 th of March.
The families were waiting for us at school. The first impression was a big and very quiet town, there were a lot of cycles in the street and the traffic was regulated by traffic lights that all the people respected. Breda is divided in small districts and to move from a place to another you have to use cycles. The houses are very small and non very high: most houses have wooden floor, so people used to take away their shoes before going in: very strange for us!
The daily routine is different: they wake up very early, around 6:45, the have a substantial breakfast because they have only a snack at midday. At dinner they use to eat a lot of vegetables as for example capsicums, cucumbers and carrots; sometimes they cook pasta but not in the Italian way! They never drink or eat while watching television; after dinner they study and they go to bed very early, at about 9.00 p.m.
My guest family is very kind and nice. The only problem with my partner is her age: she is fourteen and there are a lot of differences, for example she doesn’t like going out, or doing some shopping. Girls usually are always under the authority of their parents until sixteen, after they begin to have more freedom; in Italy it is different because we do activities gradually, we think it’s better.
We think that fifteen days are very long because we have changed our daily routine. It has been very difficult but very good to learn languages, their culture, their traditions and their way of living.
Ivana & Giusi