Over the week, we visited La Manquita twice, once during a historical/cultural tour and when passing by towards the port. 

We learned the colloquial nickname “La Manquita” from the tour guide and much of the building history revolving around the ever present religious groups who are in charge of building and maintaining La Manquita.

Bit of a boring day in work , started of in English which the kids were trying to write stories so I could help in grammar which was actually good and they were also creating a topic of a conflict in there life for world peace day I think it was which is on Thursday but I was then doing pe for the rest of the day but there’s girls in who are teaching dancing so I’m really limited to what I can do so it drags a little but for the last hour the older classes came down so I got to play some football and basketball with them which was fun and some of the kids are brilliant when I got home I made bolognese with a few others then followed by a gym session and a group meeting , afterwards we went and done a bit of shopping in the centre and had a lovely dinner. Finished the day of relaxing at the accommodation

Day 2:

Today was officially my first day of placement. To begin the day we had a meeting with European Era and some guide. We were allocated into groups to be brought to our work placement. We also were brought on the bus for the first time and shown our route to work. First we brought Kyle to his, where we had to walk a very steep hill. Hannah, Katelyn and myself were then brought to ours. Each of us were allocated a certain room with different mentors and children. my mentors name is Olga. During nap time for the children, I was selected to go into the baby group each day to rock them to sleep instead of the toddlers. After work, we then successfully remembered our route home and got the bus.

Day 8:

Today I prepared the materials for the children to decorate a cardboard house, “una casa”. I cut various colours of paper mache, cut out stickers and thread and prepared the white paint, aswell as handing it all out to each child. After the children finished, my mentor asked me to paint the words “Villa Manzana” on the roof which translates to the “Apple Villa”.

I have looked forward to eating lovely food every night of my stay here. After work, in the day or into the night, the food is open and delicious.

I’ve spent some days going to different restaurants by myself as if on a pilgrimage searching for tasty snacks or I’ve also spent some days enjoying a nice meal with friends.

I don’t intend to stop right up until I leave to return home.

After we got the bus to the cave networks and had our walk through we found a small village frigilana and looked through some local shops and took in some pretty decent views.

It was really interesting to visit the nerja caves over the weekend and learn how they formed it was unique experience when compared to the sights back home in Ireland.

to start the say we all met Miguel in our accommodation to give us  details of our work placements  ,we were then accompanied to them by a memever of the European Era team . The first day at Clinica Veterinaria Velazquez was short but nonetheless insightful I was greeted by Dr. Bartolome, the vet in charge, who gave me a quick tour of the practice. He explained the layout of the clinic, introduced me to the team, and went over some basics, like the dress code and what time I should arrive for the next day.  🙂
Everything was very straightforward, and the team seems really friendly. It was also great that Dr. Bartolome speaks perfect English, which made communication a breeze. I’m looking forward to getting more hands-on experience in the coming days and learning from such a welcoming team, I took the metro home ,which was super quick  .

Afterwards started raining, but it was actually beautiful walking through the streets of Malaga. The rain created a stunning reflection of the tiles on the ground, adding to the city’s charm. I’m excited to return tomorrow and dive into the experience! 

Excited to see what tomorrow brings!

On the 4 day we helped them with setting up price tags onto some of the items,we
helped to look out for stuff that might be out of date and put fresh stuff up,
We had to come up with ideas for a chidlrens fun day that will be taking place the
following week and think of things for them to do but first this has to be confirmed by the
government ,I kinda was not sure what type as its for all ages They showed all the arts
they had previous done
Most of the stuff was recycle material as that’s what they kinda aim to use .
After that one the woman brought us to the market to get use fruit and veg and show us what the market is like .