4th year students of the IES Cidacos Valley participated during the day 9 a. 16 in September exchange with the school mates Berlin Luise Henriette Gymnasium with the In order to increase awareness of the culture of the country and make contact with the operation of a different educational system to the Spanish.
After the welcome warm by families, students and teachers at the Berlin airport, be They conducted during the week a series of trips that took them to know the center of the city through the neighborhood not, where they are located the modern Alexanderplatz and a tribute to the historical roots of Europe represents the Museum island. Within the latter site highlights Pergamon Museum inside which is reconstructed legendary Ishtar Gate, sample power of Babylonian dynasty in the sixth A.C..
Within this tour the history of the country highlighted the visit to the neighborhood Spandow, in which the historic wall that divided the two stands city and partially preserved as Interpretation Center. In this memorial phases are explained construction and human drama that occurred in the epicenter of the global confrontation during the Cold War (1947-1991). With the purpose of understand the cultural and social impact that lived in the part of Berlin controlled by the USSR, a visit was made to the DDR Museum (German Democratic Republic), showing of illustratively the hardships the population lived under the regime communist. The tour of the Spandow quarter ended in East Side Gallery, an art exhibition open to the air in which many artists They decorated the remains of the wall to integrate this structure based color, imagination and recreation themes and icons of culture latest.
The union of the two German (RDA RFA s) after the fall of the wall (1989) He made this city would become again in the capital of the country as evidenced by his reconstructed Reichstag (Parliament). Given the significance of this emblem of democracy, students and teachers visited their glass dome from which they could see one of the constructions more Berlin representative, Door Brandenburg. This recognizable monument, built by Frederick William II, It serves as a gateway from the luxurious avenue Unter den Linden to the vast garden zoo. Created on the model of access to the Acropolis Athens, It has witnessed major events in the history of Europe since the invasion of Napoleon, to the horror of the Third Reich or the division of the wall why it was integrated into its design. Today represents a monument imperative for thousands of tourists who pass through this busy artery city in search of a "selfie" with which to document their travel experiences.
Tradition, modernity, green areas, skyscraper, mixture of cultures and artistic forefront, all This is part of the city of Berlin where students and teachers of the IES They enjoyed the Cidacos Valley and created a bond of collaboration and friendship with he Luise Henriette Gymnasium. German comrades shortly visit Calahorra to complete this enriching experience. classmate, We are looking forward to your visit!
