Delta de l´Ebre

On the first day of the trip with the sixth graders, we stopped about halfway into our journey to the Delta de l´Ebre to visit Les Coves which are an underground network of caves whose origins date back to prehistory and were the homes of some of the first humans. It is also the the source of the rio Francolí. We toured the caves and then had a picnic lunch in the nearby town of Poblet outside of a beautiful monastery before boarding the bus again and continuing the journey south.

We spent three fantastic days in the Delta which is a land area that juts out into the Mediterranean and surprising to me, an important area for farming rice. There where rice fields all around us, sumerged in water, and stretching as far as the eye could see. There were five teachers, including myself and then monitors who lead the camp activities for the students. Bike riding, boat trips, scavenger hunts, rice mill tour, and a harbour tour. It was exhausting being with them 24/7 but also a lot of fun and a good way to connect with better with many of them before having to say goodbye this week.

Teacher´s bunk room