17/09/2010
This morning we did the same that yesterday, and we have come to the school at about 8:00. At that time Erik has given us a talk to all the Spanish on the objectives of the Millennium, as well as proposals for a world without poverty, with less pollution, less war ... etc. Then we have done 4 groups for work about what we should do to pollute less at home, school, neighborhood, and country.
After finishing this we went to see Kongsberg church, dating from 1761, and they have given us a small talk in English.
When we finished our two minibus taxis were waiting at the door and led us to the factory of the company Kongsberg Protector, which produces, among other things, defense weapons. Once there, they have explained to us how the machines that they create work, and that they have 70% of the world trade of defense weapon. When we finished we have taken a tour of the facilities and the assembly line so we could see first-hand how they create high-tech equipment.
Then they left us a while to eat and they gave us sandwiches, cold drinks and coffee, to continue the visit of the naval area. In this part of the visit they took us to a ship simulator, which recreated all kinds of real situations, and we had the opportunity to discover how difficult it is to drive one. After we finished the visit, at the door other 2 minibus taxis were waiting for us to take us to the mountain.
In the mountain a guide was waiting for us to explain things about mining and the extraction of silver from the mountains, following the explanations we went to an excursion through the mountains toward a historical restaurant, which was founded in the twentieth century in 1927, where we ate. The journey from the mines to the restaurant was about 7 miles with a series of lakes and breathtaking landscapes. It was fantastic.
In the restaurant, they have prepared soup and bread with butter for us. Once we finished we went home with our Norwegian partner to have dinner, have a shower and sleep.
QUOTE: Norway, in my opinion, is a very beautiful country, but on the other side of the coin, it is a country that is enriched by the massive sale of arms to rich countries.
