Valencian Adventure

Wednesday: I didn't do much today because I felt really sick. That didn't stop me from working at my website though. I finally managed to make a slideshow without using JavaScript. Later that day we just watched some movies and then went to sleep. Thursday: The website is almost done! We still have to do some minor adjustments but it looks great and it does what it's supposed to do. I was happy to work, share ideas and design stuff with Aron. He had some great suggestions about the placement of the banners/logo and we worked as a team the whole time. I'm happy to be part of this project. :D

Monday: As usual, we got our coffee and then headed to work. Today, all we did was working at the website. It has to be finished by the end of this week so we're really trying to stick to te deadline. Thursday: Our thursday has been almost the same since we came here: WEBSITE DESIGN. That's not a bad thing, but it takes a lot of work to make something that looks and woks right. After work, Seppe told us there was some kind of tour through Valencia and even invited us, so...ofcourse, we accepted. The tour was good, the guide was very friendly but unfortunately he only spoke Spanish which was the only downside.

This was our last weekend in Valencia and we made the best out of it! When we woke up on saturday, the weather was really..."Valencian". It was sunny and really warm(21 ° C) so we decided to go to the Bioparc. The zoo looked pretty small from the outside but we needed 2 hours to go through it. We've seen mostly African animals from Madagascar and French Aquatorial Africa. The best part was the fact that some animals were actually free, and not in a cage. Lemurs would just come and sit in front of your feet and look at you without even blinking. Lions, elephants, turtles, crocodiles, birds...we've seen them all and they all had huge spaces to live. After the zoo we went to Burger King to grab something to eat because we were starving . When we got home we just watched some movies and ate some popcorn. Sunday was really depressing for me. I got this "Belgian" feeling all the time because it was so cloudy and rainy. But hey, we still had fun at the museum of s

So, as usual, our day starts with a coffee and some coding. We're still working at the website because it's pretty big and we also have to know a little Javascript. That means we have to be autodidact and really do our best to process and understand a language we've never seen. That being said, our day consists of CODING CODING and CODING!

I got Zarah's camera for a day and I took some pretty nice street shots that I think are worth being on my blog after some post production. I know some other students already posted my pictures but hey...I'm always late with my blog. Enjoy!

Wednesday: We worked again to finish the website, which is almost finished. All we have to do now is add a gallery and make a Google Form for the registration of the players and their robots. Thursday: I wasn't able to go to work today because I felt really bad in the morning. I had a earache/headache that lasted untill 13:00. I also slept like 2 hours that night because of the pain so I was really tired. At 17:00 I felt a lot better so Josephine and Seppe asked me to go with them to an activity. We've learnt to make Agua De Valencia, which is some sort of cocktail that was invented in the 30's in Valencia. However, it got more popular in the 70's. We also had a contest and our team made (obviously) the best Agua De Valencia and we're actually really proud of it! Here are the ingredients: -2 cups of orange juice -60 ml of gin -60 ml of vodka -700 ml of Cava

Monday: Today we've made 2 more pages for the website. We had some troubles with javascript but we solved them pretty fast. Tuesday: We've done the same thing over and over again: code, code, code! Later that day we had a tour through Valencia. We saw the same things as Monday but this time we actually entered the buildings. We visited Torres De Serranos, Palace of the Borgias and some other really nice places and buildings. (Pictures in about 2 days)

Saturday we went out to discover the city for the 4th time. We've seen things we didn't notice before and we walked A LOT. Later that day we had a "horror movies marathon". Sunday was rainy and stormy. We couldn't do that much but we still wanted to visit the Silk Museum to get a better understanding of the Valencian fashion. So that's what we did. The guide explained to us the history of silk production and later we were able to take a look to some handmade items in the workshop. After that we went shopping and I managed to find a t-shirt that really represents me! (Pictures below)

Friday was a very productive day for me and Aron! We finally started to work at the school's website. After we got all the instructions we started building it from scratch. It took about 2 hours of struggling before we got something to even look like a website. But at the end of the day our mentors couldn't believe what we were able to do in just under 4 hours. It's not much, but we're definitley going to finish it before the deadline!

Day 1: Today was our first day in IES Rodrigo Botet. We met our mentors and then we went to the classes. We didnt't have too much to do because the time was short. We've met some pupils and everyone seemed happy to talk to us. Later that day we went to a very nice pizzeria downtown and ate on our teachers cost. Day 2: We arrived at about 9:30 at IES Rodrigo Botet, full of energy and ready to work. We realised pretty soon we were not going to work but attend classes for about 4 hours. We've seen some PHP basics like FIELDS and SUBMIT buttons. Day 3: Today we have actually worked! We had to assemble some pc's and reinstall some OS'es. Later that day we had to remove fields out of the library's database .

Yesterday was our first ''real'' day in Valencia. We've done a tour of some historical buildings like Torres De Serranos and the Palace of  the Borgias with a very charismatic guide who told us a lot of things we didn't know. We've learned a lot yesterday! Here is a picture of us from during the tour.

Yesterday was our first day in Valencia. We had to drive for about 25 minutes to get to the appartment where we got the usual tour and a list of DO's and DON'Ts (mostly don'ts, to be honest 😉). We then went shopping and didn't even had to pay for our food, which is pretty nice if you ask me. We made some tortillas when we got home and then went exploring the city. Yesterday was a good day... (Excuse my plating)

The city of Valencia was founded in the year 138 B.C. By the Romans. They started by building the Forum in the Plaza de la Almoina . In 714 the Visigoths arrived in Valencia after the Romans and Muslim rule was established in the city. This continued until 1238 when King Jaime I expelled the Moors from the city. The Moors may have been banished from the city, but they left a mark that remains to this day in the artistic influences, recipes and water system to be found in the city. The Golden Era of Valencia is said to be during the 14th and 15th centuries in Valencia. This was a time when the economy flourished due to agriculture and maritime trade. This meant that lots of emblematic buildings were constructed during this period. The buildings include the  Valencia Cathedral , the Torres de Serrano, the Torres de Quart and the Silk Exchange (called La Lonja). During this period there was also a surge in the arts - meaning that it has been coined the Renaissance period. During this ti

My name is Goia George Alexandru and I'm studying IT and networks at Sint-Maria, Geel(Belgium). This blog would keep you up-to-date through my journey in Valencia. I'll be doing an internship of 3 week as an IT support at IES Rodrigo Botet, 3 weeks of hard work, dedication and fun.