Youth Travel and Learning Experience in Lisbon

Youth Travel and Learning Experience Lisbon, Portugal September 19th to the 21st, Youth travelled from Cyprus, Palestine and Morocco to meet the Portuguese Youth in Lisbon, hosted by the local coordinator Lusofona University. The first 2 days consisted of team introductions and workshops to help develop 4 words on what ECFOLI meant to them, which were then transformed into digital stories. In the evenings the Portuguese team shared their local cultural heritage with a guided tour through the old area of Lisbon, in particular the Moorish castle São Jorge Castle, and with the beautiful songs of Fado, which was sung by two of the ECFOLI Portuguese girls. All experienced bonds of friendship and openness regardless of language barriers. On the final day the team went on an excursion to the mountains above Lisbon, to Sintra a cultural heritage town of many interesting palaces and natural beauty.