which landed on sqedual at 12.00. Then we went by car the 218 km to Courmayeur, Valle D'Aosta . It was 18"C and quite warm . When we came to the hotell we checked in, and in the afternoon we went to our Italien partner's school and met the students .Italian RAI 3 and the local newspapers did interviews and Svein Brede was interjuved on the 5 o'clock news.
Then we visited the Mayor of Courmayeur, Valle D'Aosta and got some information about the town and region. The teachers started their first meeting and the students were got a guided tour of Courmayeur We all met for dinner at 8:00 p.m on a local Pizzeria. During our stay we got to meet a lot of teachers and students and had to speak english all the time. We think is was very interesting and a good experience . Our English got better from day to day. Thursday we went to see the Miage glacier and placed a geocach ( http://www.geocach.com/ ) and the day after we went to visit see the Mont Blanc glacier on top of Punta Helbronner at 3500 m.o.h. We had a 2,5 hour walk on the glacier into France guided by the alpineguides from Safe Mountain foundation. We were informed about security, moving of the glacier and also different minerals . The pictures show our flight across the Alpes , our Hotel and also some of the Mountains in Courmayeur with the Mont Blanc massive and the cable car to Punta Helbronner.
Later in the week we visited the Ancient Roman City of Aosta which was taken by the Roman Emporer Augustus in 25 A.d. We saw a roman church, a gothic church and also a the best preserved Roman theatre in the world
Later in the week we visited the Ancient Roman City of Aosta which was taken by the Roman Emporer Augustus in 25 A.d. We saw a roman church, a gothic church and also a the best preserved Roman theatre in the world
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