I had a chance to travel to Portugal for a week. My husband had a conference on air pollution in Cascais, which is located a half an hour train drive from Lisbon. This was a good opportunity for me to explore the country and not to pay a fortune for the hotel room. Of course, I wanted this to be a “business trip”, so I attempted to explore Portuguese schools.
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Students waiting for the program to start at the park
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The week I arrived to Portugal, was the last week for schools. I contacted few elementary schools in Cascais to arrange visits and I was informed that all the schools were having “end of the year celebrations”. I was invited to an all-day event, a recycling party, for all the elementary schools in the Southwestern region of Portugal. The event was held in Marechal Carmona Park, which I reached with my rented bicycle in 30 minutes from my hotel.
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| Getting ready to enter the park. |
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| A goodie bag for every child. |
