Last Saturday, the 28th, a group of Erasmus+ students visited Mijas Pueblo as part of this exchange programme. In total, around 25 students from Bordeaux, France, took part in a youth exchange with students from Los Campanales School in Las Lagunas that week, during which they visited different parts of Mijas to learn about our history and culture.

Specifically, on Saturday 28th they were in Mijas Pueblo, where, as well as going on cultural tours, they also visited the Town Hall and were welcomed by the councillor for Foreigners, Mario Bravo (PP). “The Mijas delegation acted as hosts for this visit. They were shown the Town Hall, we talked a little about Mijas, they learnt a few words in Spanish just as we learnt some in French. This group has shown that there is a future. If youth is like this, if they have the enthusiasm and interest of these children, we will have a bright future with these students”.

For his part, Matheus Sporny, a French teacher, said: “We are really enjoying Mijas; it is a very beautiful and interesting town. We’ve been preparing for the trip for several weeks.We have come with over 20 students on this programme thanks to Los Campanales School in Las Lagunas and all its teaching staff, who have helped us a great deal”.

The group of French students was accompanied by several of their teachers and also by a small group of Spanish representatives, as well as classmates from Las Lagunas who will soon be returning the visit.

Samara Arfaoui, a host student, was delighted with the exchange: “We are guiding the students from Bordeaux during their visit to Mijas. We have been to the Town Hall, the bullring, and we are also going to see a flamenco show. What they have liked most is the white village and the views”.

 

The group spent the morning visiting the village, stopping at the Plaza de la Virgen de la Peña, the historic quarter and the Folk Museum. The children showed great interest in the explanations and in making the most of their cultural visits. Enma Depoully, a French student, said: “I really like Mijas; it’s very beautiful. We’ve seen the donkeys, gone for a walk and visited museums. We really like the white houses”.

Bravo concluded that “they have loved Mijas. They have seen the donkeys; the bullring, where they now know there are no bullfights; they have seen the Folk Museum, where the original rings remain where people used to tie up their donkeys, which were the means of transport at that times. They climbed the Fátima Tower, where Mijas’s Moorish past was explained to them. We even told them that during the Roman Empire, marble was taken from the Mijas quarries to Rome. We are sure this is the best publicity we can do so that they return with their parents in the near future”.

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