The Mills Valley

and

Villa San Marco

3rd March    In the morning we walked down The Mills Valley. Once there, Mr. Peppino Di Massa (President od the Association "Centro di Cultura e Storia di Gragnano e Monti Lattari, Alfonso Maria di Nola") joined us and shared his knowledge about the history of the Mills over the centuries and its meaning for Gragnano. Along the path we were also introduced to the many forms of plants and lush vegetation we had never seen before!

Afterwards we visited the Stabian Villa San Marco on the Varano hill Archaeological site. Our students acted as tour guides for their A.L.i.E.N. guests!

Buried by the eruption of 79 A. D. the Villa provides architecture, paintings,mosaics, frescoes and artworks offering insights into the lifesyles of Roman Aristocracy. It was a History &Art lesson in action!

At the Mills Valley

At Villa San Marco

Lunch at the local pizzeria "Holiday"

Evening  farewell event

The farewell event has been dedicated to the students' presentations and the Art of Dancing & Music: traditional dances from all joining teams in mixed groups.

After the official greetings each group of international students presented the outcomes of the afternoon workshops they had been joining during the week, showing what they had learnt to their parents, teachers and the whole community.

And these were the international groups and their tasks:

"Alien pasta" group

"No brain no name" group

"Forza Napoli" group

"Alien Pompeii" group

"Bombastic" group: Gragnano

"I pizzaioli" group performs national traditional dances:

Here are official pictures with final personal certifications

Turkish team: 

Croatian team:

Greek team: 

Lithuanian team:

Italian team:

After the certificate ceremony we all enjoyed a delicious buffet with typical dishes of Neapolitan tradition cooked by the students and their parents: