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In February AVITAE travelled to Italy, Lucca to hold a trade fair where the students presented minicompanies to each other. Here are the students’ commentaries on the process of creating their minicompanies, as well as articles on the events and places that AVITAE visited in Italy,
First Impressions
We interviewed some Erasmus students about their first impression of the school Liceo Machiavelli. We heard some interesting and different points of view from them. Most of the students agreed on the school being ancient and classical. The school has some awesome decoration, especially in the Aula Magna. Many students like the school for having an inside and an outside space. The school is huge and beautiful. Some of the other students didn’t like the architecture of the school, meaning that the school has no floor on the ground floor and the building doesn’t look like a school. Some of the students loved that there is a museum in the school, they think it’s a wonderful and awesome thing to have. Many students were interested in the
different ancient stuffed animal, rock and minerals collection, but the other students were shocked to see the museum. In some of the European countries there is no museum in the school, the museums are separated and are kept in their own buildings. So those students who are used to the separation of the two think that it is very weird that the school has a museum. Some of the students were wondering why there is a museum in the school, but as the other students answered it is very rare and awesome to have a museum in a school. Everyone we interviewed agreed on a thing that the schools classes are awful and in a very bad condition. Anyway the participants liked the Italian students and thought that they are very friendly and nice.
Interview Interview about The History of Liceo Classico Niccolò Machiaveli Ερευνητική Αναφορά: Liceo Classico Niccolò Machiavelli appears as an ancient and interesting building: it has a lot of different rooms all of which hold various scientific items and artifacts. In order to know more about the history of the building we got the
chance to interview two of the students of this school. To begin wit0h, they told us that the school was built in 1785, and this makes the school the most ancient inTuscany. Anyway, it was not a highschool at first, it was a university were people could study a whole variety of scientific subjects. Due to the changes at the governement and
the time going by the building went through a lot of changes and it finally became a Royal highschool in 1819. During all these years of history a conspicuous amount of items are now kept in the museum that is found in the school premises. Other interesting rooms, of which the hemicircular amphitheatre is the most important one, are used even
nowadays as a facility helpful for the students. To conclude, as we asked if some ancient rooms were still in use nowadays, the students answered that a lot of them were used to host the museum and the school library.
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Florence, a treasure of artistic legacy in Tuscany By Noemi, Evandros, Anna-Dimitra, Angelos, Alexandra, Pablo, Mie, Beatrice and Emma. On Wednesday, we took the bus to one of the most wonderful cities in Tuscany. We experienced a historic center full of tourists, wonderful buildings and art everywhere. We learned about Florence, a center of Medieval European trade and finance and one of the wealthiest cities of the time. Architecture and monuments abound. Apart from the museums, the Uffizi Gallery, Bargello, we also had the opportunity to visit the beautiful cathedral of Florence, the Duomo. It is so impressive! While we were walking around the city, we also noticed the alleys and its shops, leather, shoes, jewelry and handicrafts. We were waiting at meeting point in Piazza Della Signo-
ria admiring some of the most important statues for Italy’s art culture. We learned about masters, Giambologna and Benvenuto Cellini. Inside the Uffizi museum we were dazzled both by the beauty of its works of art and fascinating view of the city looking out of the windows, the river Arno, and Ponte Vecchio. To finish a wonderful day, we went to Piazza Michelangelo, well known for its wonderful view of the city. It was getting dark so we could see all the lights illuminating the city and we realized how huge and awesome the buildings in the city are. Now we feel lucky for the opportunity to have seen this stylish and charming city full of history and art.
Museums, a “must see” in Florence By Noemi, Evandros, Anna-Dimitra, Angelos, Alexandra, Pablo, Mie, Beatrice and Emma.
Museums are a great way to know about the past of a place and its art collections. Florence treasures a few wonderful ones. Visiting the Bargello museum in Florence helped us understand how important the Medici family was during centuries, and how much Florence owes to this family. The Bargello museum is one of the oldest building in this Renaissance city. It dates back to 1255 and it hosts relevant and exclusive masterpieces. Julius Cesar by Michelangelo and Flying Mercurius by Giambologna, both from the 16th century. We also recommend, David by Donatello, from the 15th century. It is one of the precious works of art of the exhibition. Other interesting collections of ceramics, textile and silver can also be found in the mu-
seum. The Uffizi gallery is also “a must” for any visitor in Florence. The building is located in “Piazza della Signoria”. It was constructed by the Medici family in 1560, in front of “Palazzo de Priori”, the family’s house. The project was carried out by Giorgio Vasari, one of the most famous architects of the period. The collections inside portray some of the most relevant names in art history, particularly from the period of the Italian Renaissance such as Giotto, Botticelli, Raffaello, Michelangelo and many others. These museums and collections give us an insight on the importance that art and architecture had for the Florence of the time. We think that anyone who wants to know more about Italian culture, they should visit the museums in Florence.
A trip to Pisa
By Maria Hapidou (CY), Ioanna Kaskaouti (GR), Ossi Tuuttila (FIN), Bianca Vannucci (IT) As soon as we got to Pisa and we saw the Leaning Tower, we realised that it was going to be a memorable day: we were going to see a worldwide famous architecture, something that we had never seen before. The fact that a single square contained so many artistic attractions surprised us. Even though we didn’t get to go inside the tower, we had the unique opportunity to visit the magnificent cathedral. The beauty and the history of the church were unbelievable: the paintings, the ceiling, the sculptures and especially the baptistery by Nicola Pisa-
no which was of unparalleled beauty. Something that particularly got our attention was the presence of tombs on the floor, as well as the inscriptions in latin and the symbols engraved on the marble. After Piazza dei Miracoli we walked to the city and we passed by the Normale School. A building of amazing mastery and exquisite elegance. We were all shocked to learn that that institute is reserved only to highly intelligent people; our teachers told us that only twenty Italian students manage to get in every year.
The free time we had after visiting Piazza dei Cavalieri gave us the opportunity to get more in touch with the Italian culture. The street view was very different from the one we are used to. We were amazed by all the centuries-old buildings that surrounded us. The trip to Pisa will always hold a special place in our memories, the sightseeing, the history, the architecture … Someday we would love to visit Italy again and spend more time exploring all the picturesque old towns, like Lucca and Pisa.
Lucca comics and games Even small, the town of Lucca houses one of the most wellknown and appreciated attraction for comics and videogames fan: Lucca Comics and Games. The event was introduced to the Erasmus AVITAE project by the co-director Emanuele Vietina and the creative process reader Lorenzo Cosimo Pancini during an interesting conference that took place at Liceo Classico Machiavelli. Lucca Comics and Games has an old well-rooted tradition in the town: its first appearance was in 1966, when Lucca housed the second edition of
the Salone Internazionale dei Comics, which grew up until reaching the prestigious position of second world most famous comics event. During the manifestation (the current one, taking place between the month of October and November) the town is full of comics fans, movie cosplayers and videogames nerdy guys, enjoying many different attractions scattered across the city centre . A consistent part of those guys come from lots of different countries, and you can see them running along the
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city walls costumed like their favourite TV show or fantasy book character. Last year, the event could boast half a million of visitors, and such a number was made possible also by the work of many minicompanies involved in promoting it. Thus, Lucca Comics and Games grounds itself on an alive and increasing market and, bottom line, it represents probably the most illustrious example of entrepreneurship of the town and one of the most remarkable across the whole peninsula.
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An exclusive look inside of The Museum of the Roman ships By Patrick (SLO), Sofie Brøbech (DEN), Christian (ITA), Carolina (SPA) On Friday we went to have an exclusive look inside the museum of the Roman Ships. The museum, not even open to the public yet, was filled to the brim with shipwrecks found in the very ground of the city of Pisa.
At the museum, multiple ships have been reconstructed and others were still in the process of being reconstructed. We were guided through the process of preserving the ships and studying them, in order to paint a picture of life thouThe ship wrecks were found sands of years ago. The ships at the construction side of a found were used for cargo, in new railway in 1998. The rail- harbour travels and more. way-construction was paused, as the archaeologists started Our guide, a very interesting saving the artifacts from the and likable woman, served dark grounds. Along with the as our link to another world. ships, artifacts and skeletons When we started our visit, were found in the archaeologi- she showed us how and whecal savings. re the ships were found, on
both maps and pictures from the actual archeological site. The ships were found in what used to be the crossing of two rivers. Our guide’s favorite artifact found on the ships was a basket filled with *black stuff* (tar) which was used to coat the ships. When we took the first step into the ancient world of the Roman ships, we didn’t know what to expect. But we were met with a surprisingly interesting messenger who walked us through the intriguing life of the ancient Romans.
Puccini Concert Close your eyes and listen carefully to the stories told though powerful voices. Then open your eyes and see how majestic the artists are. After a long day, preparing our mini-companies, we thought this activity was going to be boring, but we were wrong!! We entered a really beautiful building, the Istituto Musicale Luigi Boccherini, where we found gifts on our chairs and suddenly formal dressed singers appeared. The concert was exclusive for the
Erasmus+ students. Most of the songs were composed by Puccini, a well known composer from the small treasure of Lucca, which is a famous city for music in Italy. The artists performed in different ways: sometimes they sang alone, other times there was a duet and we also heard a quartet. Even though most of us didn’t understand the language, it was emotional and touching. It was clear that the first duet was about two people in love whereas in the last one they were
heartbroken, maybe the love was only one sided or they had a reason that made them not be together, we don’t know, we just know that our hearts broke a little inside. Some of us already knew a couple of them due to their importance, for instance ”O mio babbino caro”. Although we had heard the song before, hearing it live was impressive. We were amazed by the artists’ passion and overall it was an enriching experience.
Interview with Lord Mayor Tambellini: How do we make Lucca great again? By Marianthi Gountza, Irene Isola, Filippo Ficini, Vladimír Mešťan and Bianca Rasmussen It’s Tuesday afternoon and the AVITAE group is visiting the Lord Mayor Tambellini in the town hall of Lucca. We enter through the huge oak doors, walk up the grand staircase to a spacious golden and white room and are seated around a large oval table. The lord mayor Tambellini, a former high school teacher, greets us and tells us about the history of Lucca as a major entrepreneurial city in the Middle Ages. The red silk curtains
fluttering from the windows of the room are original and produced locally here in Lucca, he tells us. After the general introduction, we have the pleasure of asking the lord Mayor about his plans for the future of Lucca.
basketball league of Italy.
But Lucca does not only have activities for young, local Italians. The Lord Mayor tells us that Lucca also hosts international events such as ”Lucca Comics and Games”, a huge fair in the end of October and Lucca offers many activities ”Lucca summer festival”. for young people such as theatre, music and sports activities, Lucca Summer festival is a the Lord Mayor tells us. For music festival targeted at young example, the female basketball people, which can be seen by team of Lucca is in the major the variety of artists playing
at the festival. This year Lucca will have the pleasure of hosting fx Macklemore, Green Day and Imagine Dragons. The mayor says that he is even trying to get big names such as Rolling Stones to play at the festival. Due to Lucca’s ancient history, the city has a lot to offer to tourists. At the moment, Lucca has a big paper production industry, but the current paper industry is not the future, ac-
cording to the Lord Mayor. ”The future for Lucca is education and tourism.” he tells us. Last year Lucca hosted around one million tourists, which is a large amount of people considering the size of the city. Therefore the Lord Mayor tells us that if the tourism industry is developed, Lucca will be able to host many more tourists in the future. In fact the Lord Mayor tells
us, that his main goal as mayor of the city is to create more tourism in Lucca. His dream is to make the city more attractive to all age groups and nationalities. So how will he make Lucca great in again? In his own words, he wishes to focus on tourism and develop this industry to make Lucca ”the center of Italy or maybe even of Europe.”
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Articles on Minicompanies
The journey towards entrepreneurship By Julius Yrjänä, Ossi Tuuttila, Victoria Peltoniemi, Elias Saari and Rasmus Hökkä What every company needs is a product. They need something they can sell and produce for the people. The duty of companies is to help people with their problems and create jobs at the same time. So we started the whole project thinking about the everyday problems of everyday people. Then it hit us; our product has to something to do with cooking. People need to eat everyday, but cooking takes time and money - you always
need something you don’t have. And that is how we got our product; by compounding the problem and the solution. Our app, Chef’s Little Helper, helps you cook with ingredients you already have. A company needs employees. Someone has to manage the company’s finances, someone has to do marketing plans and someone has to be in charge of the whole company. Our team consists
of five member and everyone of us has a role in our company. We have a CEO, a financial manager, a marketing manager, a technology manager and a communication manager. We don’t have a real company, because we aren’t manufacturing or selling anything right now. Right now it is time for developing the app and planning our future.
Avitae Minicompany Fair in Italy, Lucca. It was a magnificent success. We drew people’s attention there and got a lot of feedback for our app and got a chance to market our app by sharing businesscards.The Avitae Minicompany Fair was a wonderful experience where we got a chance to tell people about our app and us.
We also presented a short slideshow where we announced what kind of app we have and what kind of features it has. The slideshow also contained some small information about our financial situation, shareholders and marketing plans.
quit now when almost everything is planned. It would be a great feeling to see our app in the use of everyday life. In the future we hope to continue our journey of entrepreneurship and hopefully our company might take off into an actual enterprise. We wouldn’t mind becoming the At the moment we are still next Nokia. figuring out how to continue from where we are now. We We had made a prototype have done some improveThe first time when we of our app which we introdu- ments with the idea of our introduced our app was in ced in the Minicompany fair. app. It would be a shame to
Dedalo JA: the start-up which makes Lucca a charmingly child-friendly place. By Leonardo Malaspina (production manager) and Benedetta Morrocchesi (communication manager)
Have you ever thought of discovering your town in a new, different way? Well, then our project is just right for you! We run a JA mini company called DEDALO; how rationale is to show children the wonders of our town. We are students of ISI N. Machiavelli, and despite our limited knowledge of the entrepreneurial world we are trying hard to set up business and to work as a team. When we were told to think about an idea to develop, after a long discussion we decided to work with children, and we thought that the best thing to do was to offer them something we would have wanted when we were kids. Who can ignore the lack of motivation which often grabs children on school trips? We elaborated the idea, compared it to other proposals, and then started to work on it. The company’s name was inspired by the engraving of a labyrinth, with a dedication to the mythical architect Daedalus (you can see it under the cathedral’s portico here in Lucca): just the perfect name
for us, challenging and easy to admission fees, but we negoremember. tiated and obtained the price we wanted in order to maintain To help us with the task of the competitiveness of our bucreating a start-up, we had a siness. wonderful Dream Coach from local company Encom 21; he But practically, what have we taught us the basics of a good done? company, and how to work together as true company direcWe have created four itinerators. For this reason we distri- ries based in Lucca which expbuted roles and elected our lore the historical and natural C.E.O. to coordinate activities, heritage of the town; they are resolve conflicts and finalise nicely wrapped up as they inshared decisions. Thanks to clude fun treasure hunts, gaour coach we were given a nice mes, interactivity, a goodie bag place to work: a real co-working and short costume drama perenvironment where we alterna- formances. Tours are going to te around the table with much last about two and a half hours, more skilled professionals! and in that time we will show children our targeted places, As regards the practical steps, stop for a nice break, do the for us the first thing to do was activities with the young expto find places to fit into special lorers and finally we will deliver walking tours for elementary our little gadgets. We will see school pupils; so, our commu- to all tasks; we will be guides nication and logistics directors and historical figures that tell called every museum related to their own stories! our idea to negotiate a favourable price for the company; it What about troubleshooting? was the first time we were expe- When we started looking for riencing business to business! clients we did have problems, We had some troubles during because this time of the year this phase, because one of the is not the best one to organize museums refused to lower their school trips, and some schools
did not even take us seriously during our visits, but we dug deeper and found people who were enthusiastic to take part in our project. And the best thing is that the price agreed with our customers is so good that we will be able to reach
break even quickly, and then start making profits. We were so worried! But now we realise (thanks to our commercial directors) that we don’t even need that many clients to fulfil our aim! So, the Junior Achievement Tuscan contest is round
the corner (May 28) but we feel ready, and around May 15 our first guided tour will take place. What great fun to be entrepreneurs!
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Junior Achievement Cyprus – Our Mini Companies By Cyprus AVITAE team Laniteio Lykeio has been participating in the Mini Companies – Young Entrepreneurship Programme of the Junior Achievement Cyprus for 4 years now. This year we have 4 mini companies running in our school, working in completely different fields, targeting different customer groups, offering a variety of products or services. • Say What! is turning old computer parts into new interesting and useful objects. The two main products of the company are:
(1) A clock created using a tower’s motherboard, which comes in 5 different colours: traditional green, yellow, black, red and blue. (2) WordBeams : A boardgame which uses old keyboard keys as tiles and makes developing a child’s linguistic and arithmetic skills an enjoyable family activity.
pany has been cooperating with the Cyprus Crohn’s and Ulcerative Colitis Association, aiming to raise awareness on the disease.
• BRACELORDS has created a unique bracelet, which comes in various designs and is filled with seeds from Cypriot plants. The company aims to promote the idea of reforestation and • EVENTually is dedicated in protection of our island’s unithe promotion of sensitive is- que and beautiful nature. sues to young people, through the organization of parties and • Avita Nostra is applying entertaining events. The com- modern techniques to create
jewelry for the young women of today. The company has two main Collections: Avita Collection: The jewelry is embedded with authentic traditional embroidery work, handmade by Cypriot Village ladies. The company buys from small family businesses in Fyti, Lefkara, Anoyira, supporting in this way the preservation of Cypriot traditional masterpieces and the survival of such enterprises. Natura Collection: The jewelry is embedded with native Cypriot flowers and herbs,
collected from an essential oils from all around Cyprus. The park, located in the Limassol COYC2017 Final will be held rural area. on April 28, at the Royal Hall, Nicosia. All 4 mini companies have All 4 companies continue worparticipated in the Junior king hard in order to complete Achievement Trade Fair, on their tasks. They will be liquidaMarch 26 2017, demonstrating ted at the end of the academic and promoting their products/ year and their shareholders will services to the public and com- receive their shares. peting for a place in the Company of the Year Competition We have been living and bre- COYC2017 Final. athing entrepreneurship for Avita Nostra received the months now and we have been Trade Fair Best Stand Award loving every minute of it! and has also advanced to the Final, along with 9 other teams
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Process of Adventure travel By Denmark Team We started our project with using a tool called index, where you use it to go through four processes, 1 make some word associated with the subject, 2 make some small groups out of these words, 3 starting forming your project and last but not least finish your project. In process 4 we had to form our project, we made a lot of mind maps, drawings and we mostly gathered information about our project. The app Adventure Travel was born because our group thought that it would be interesting to create an app with many more programs than the other apps had. Our experience to travel apps has not been good; many of them are either not working, reliable or have some little things to show. We wanted to make a good and a strong app that we could use in different countries. We wanted to give our app a personal touch, which meant that we had to find something that could be very different and it had to be better than the other apps. This process meant that we had to work with people who lived in the country so we could get their opinion in the way their country will be presented. We used public reference about the different places and what was the best thing to see in their country. Our main point to work with the app was the public and their choices to
show their country from their eyes. Our app turned out to carry information about transport, food, attractions, Specialty and much more from the different countries. We wanted to create a completely new world with everything someone wanted on their phone via the app. This app was a new opening for the younger and those who travel a lot. After we agreed on what the app was going to contain we started working on our website, flyers and many more things that were associated with our app. Don’t worry we won’t say that we didn’t have some disagreements and arguments about the project, because then we are lying, we had a lot of arguments over the style and the way the app was going to look, but in the end everyone got some off their wishes fulfilled and that was the beginning of the real project we made and finished. The most important thing in our project was the teamwork we all did because everyone had some great ideas and there were something to do for everyone. No one had a dull moment in our group because we tried to work in teams and that was our most important process for our project. Our finish product was not a physical app, but it was some kind of notebook with pictures and information about the 7 countries in Avitae.
Greece Airnet Junior: organizing education… and not only trips for European students in Greece By Marianthi Gountza and Ioanna Kaskaouti
Making mini companies was an unforgettable experience because we had the chance to learn how a company works. Things were not easy at all as we lacked any experience in that. We turned for help to a local travel agency and the
owner was pleased to offer us partnership in this endeavour. He thought it sounded as good business. He advised us on how we structure a successful programme, how we estimate costs. So we understood how difficult it is to organise a company be-
cause many actions have to be done to achieve a good result. Before we presented our mini company in italy we were anxious and stressed but in the end of that we realized that it was not so difficult as we thought and we got more confidence
in speaking english. Generally, during this trip we learned how important it is cooperating with others ,exchanging ideas and point of views.
EXPURE: The Transporting company By Angelos Kaselouris and Christos Kolios Several months ago, me and my partner Christos, started planning about creating our mini company named Expure , which was basically going to help local producers export their products to other countries. First of all we had to take under consideration which products we could export and to find the appropriate producers to provide them. So we learned how the market functions. Because of the fact that we had
to collaborate with transport companies we learned how this kind of companies work and which should be our priorities and concerns. Also we learned to think outside the box, which is the meaning of entrepreneurship, because we had to think of ways to make a gain without making our products more expensive. Moreover, we got experiences about the behavior and the manners an entrepreneur should have because we
had to make reluctant producers to trust us and to attract new customers. Generally we became more ready to face the real world and the market. However this project helped us not only with giving us knowledge on entrepreneurship but also helped us to improve our English skills. Thanks to this project we learned to collaborate with each other and of course we made so many new friends. Regarding the pre-
sentation of our company, we learned to react and stay calm on awkward and stressful moments. In the end , we both realized how hard , exhausting and time consuming building a company is , and although we had to face a lot of difficulties and confusions , it was all worth it , because our mini company really worked out !!!!
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Slovak mini-company: BramiTour By Slovak team We are providing a guided tour to show young children in primary school the capital city of Slovakia. Usually, guided tours are not entertaining for children, but our tour is different. The guided tour will focus more on the adventurous sites and activities. This means there are many games, small quizzes and brain teasers. Children will investigate and explore Bratislava in teams. Not only they will be entertained, but they’ll be learning some important and also interesting facts about the town. Lastly, once the tour is finished the kids will receive a certificate indicated that they have successfully finished the guided tour. Do you want to know how we got this idea? It was little bit harder as we had thought. Firstly, we were finding some problems with solutions. We had one idea. We wanted to start producing some glutenfree stuff. For example: bread rolls, muffins, cakes... Since there are not as many of them in our country that are both good and healthy at the same time. And people nowadays want to live and eat more healthy. And of course there are plenty of
people with allergies and other problems. So this was our first idea of a company. But we could not make it real, because we did not have enough resources for realisation this gluten-free bakery shop. So we had to find something new. Then we got an idea of an interesting sightseeing tours for children. There are many school trips organized to bring pupils to the capital, but the tours are so long and so boring for children in general. Usually they don’t pay enough attention after few minutes. We decided to make sightseeing in more funny way for them. Because it is easier to learn in funnier way as we know from our personal experiences. We started thinking exactly how should it look, step by step. We will devide them into teams and they will need to cooperate with each other to move to the next checkpoint and solve their rebus, task, puzzle or find some information. After successful solution they can move to the next checkpoint until they reach the final line.
We also counted the costs of our product to get the final price. When setting the price we had to make sure the price is not too cheap but also not too expensive. If the price was too cheap we would not be able to buy for example: materials for our company, rewards for the children, promo materials, diplomas and so on. If it was too expensive parents would not let their kids to go. Next we made some presentations, posters, and promo materials. They are colourful, eye-catching, interesting. So this was our journey of how we handled and made our sightseeing company. But it is just the beginning. In May, we will start to realize it. We all are looking forward to it so much. Keep fingeres crossed for us :)
We divided our tasks, manager functions and started making this whole project real.
Minicompanies ”Yellow Submarine”: The ultimate traditional dessert By Evelina Koutsou, Anna Kossyvaki and Eirini Papadimitriou
The Avitae project gave us the great opportunity to create our own product and promote it to the market. So, the three of us, Evelina Koutsou, Anna Kossyvaki and Eirini Papadimitriou managed to make a homemade traditional vanilla dessert with lemon flavor. Its name is ‘yellow submarine’ and it is an ideal choice for summer’s hot days but also a really good one for winters too. Its main ingredient is (what else?) lemon flavor, although it also contains melted sugar, honey and vanilla without any preservatives. Our hard work got rewarded
in many ways! First of all, we learned how to cooperate with each other in order to have as good results as we can. We also felt joy and satisfaction when our product was finally completed by hearing nothing but positive comments about it. In the end, we can undoubtedly say that it was one of the best experiences in our life that will stay forever in our memories!
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WhambiShop “By and For Students” By Ana Fernández, Carla Rodríguez, Sabina Simó and Carolina Mª Torres Our last AVITAE meeting took place in the city of Lucca. There we presented our mini-company called WhambiShop. Every year we are confronted with many classmates who are having a bad time due to economic problems. The crisis has hit many families. In Spain each year students have to buy at least 10 different books for their classes. Each book is about 40 euros. This means, when September comes, every family spends more than 400 euros on books. Unfortunately, there is not enough help from the government. Therefore, many of our partners can’t afford to buy the school material or get help when they can’t cope with some subjects at school. In order to avoid this situation, we came up with this idea. We created Whambi. The name is catchy and appealing! So, people will remember it! We offer an app where students can exchange second hand books at very cheap prices and also get other school
material. Private lessons are also offered, for students who need help when revising for their exams. Apart from that, we need notebooks, pens…. on a regular basis. Whambi can provide them. Besides, we have twitter account, an email address, telephone number, and of course, as it is “BY STUDENTS AND FOR STUDENTS”, any student can meet us at school every day. Apart from Spain, it seems to us this problem also affects other countries, so we would like to expand it in the future because it is something easy to organize and useful.
LINF, the app that will make your trip memorable By Iván Correa Armas
Lucca was the venue for the mini-company fair. We had to create a company, offering a product or a service that made a difference. After discussing many ideas, our team developed and application called LINF. It is an app for travelers. It contains information about La Laguna, our hometown. We aim at giving the visitors a more fulfilling experience, by offering updated information about things to do, places to visit, the best restaurants, popular hangouts, etc. When travelling, having the information you need saves time and money, and your experience is more memorable. Although lots of people visit us on their holiday,
there isn’t a guide for visitors which is updated and accessible. So, we decided to create one. Our app is user friendly, and very practical. It helps people find what they need at a click. Basically we have designed a tourist guide of our city, but we have gone beyond that, we offer an immediate service, close at hand, which rates all kind of places. Our business offers plans to spend with friends, family or just on your own. It is aimed at young people, providing the relevant information they need. Users can comment, put updates, in our @LiLInfo1 twitter account, and these updates are included in LINF right
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away. Our company offers personal reliable service. Recommendations are based on what users experience every day. That is what makes us different. It is updated constantly with information from local users. You can find it in google play and it will soon be in apple store. Don’t miss it if you visit La Laguna. You only have to download it and make the most of your holidays. We have plans to add new places to our app, once our company starts making profits.