 So the plan for today is that we're visiting Val d'Nuria and we arrived at a village at the bottom of the mountain and we took a train and we've just taken a cable car to the top. So we're now going to experience the views before walking down with everyone and then enjoy a picnic by the lake and I think that's the plan. So today we had quite an amazing trip here in the Pyrenees in Nuriya, it's the last trip of the school season of the school calendar. We've had trips every week and this day today was a trip here in Nuriya where we fished for example the monastery which is just behind us and also other place where a little bit of a walk in the mountains and afterwards we'll take the train down back to the town and have a little bit of a walk there as well. Yeah today we visited Val d'Nuria and when we went up with the wreck railway and you saw the lake and these amazing mountains around and all the snow and we went up to a place at the top of the mountain and walked down and then we had a picnic at the lake, walked a little bit around and learned about the history of this place and yeah it was really amazing day for our last tour with Val d'Nuria at Lake Vistik. Alright so what can I say about Val d'Nuria at Lake Vistik? I think it's one of the best programs I've ever met I've ever seen in my life because you get to learn a lot about Catalan culture and language, you get to see a lot of places normally you wouldn't get the chance to or even think about visiting you know so it means so much to me I learned a lot here and I met my best friends in these trips so it means so much to me it's it's one of the biggest parts of my experience in Barcelona I can say. What we used to have during the voluntary linguistic trips that we visit specific locations in Catalonia which is very amazing to get to know the culture, to get to know the people in the in the participants of the several activities we usually do every week which is sometimes on a Saturday in Barcelona and the other Saturday we go to different places in Catalonia for example Girona, Bessalu, Siches we've been to a lot of places and it's just an amazing way to get to know the culture get to know all the Erasmus people and your international students as well and to enjoy great Saturdays every week again. I have had a brilliant experience of voluntary at I I think I missed the first trip when I arrived in January but since then have been coming to nearly all the trips and I think it's I've just personally found it to be such a positive experience in terms of seeing not only places in Barcelona that you'd see just because they're in all the guidebooks and they're the tourist places to go to but I've experienced so many more areas in Catalonia and also have made some brilliant friends as well along the six months and their friendships that will last forever so it's just been an incredibly brilliant experience and I'd recommend anyone to get involved and get to know everyone and get to know Albert so yeah very positive. During this year I think I've done almost all trips volunteer linguistic when you first arrive in Barcelona you you have that many offers you you can join but volunteer linguistic is special it's like every every Saturday in your calendar it's like something special it's like a trip you go to you really enjoy you you see so many special places in Catalonia you never would visit if you wouldn't try these trips and it's it's amazing. My experience in general is it's absolutely highly recommended I would highly recommend it to any kind of international student who is going to study and studying at Pompeo Fabra it's the best way to get to know the culture of the Catalan culture and also to to visit new locations where you normally wouldn't really think of to visit for example a small finish like Besselu which is not that famous but very beautiful because of its old castle it's highly recommended and for me personally the experience has been amazing I've been enjoying every Saturday for me when the new week starts at Monday in school I'm already thinking about the next trip to join voluntary at linguistic and I would highly recommend it to anyone who is going to study at University of Pompeo Fabra. Yes I would recommend this experience to everybody every student coming to University of Pompeo Fabra because I think it's unique I think it's something you cannot find in a lot of places not in a lot of schools I know in all of universities I think it's it's the most unique thing that you can ever ever find in a school and I recommend it to everybody. I think I would like to say that if you're arriving in Barcelona and you don't know anyone and you you're not sure how to get to know people especially people from other countries not just from your home country it can be quite easy to just spend all your time with people from where you're from come along on Saturday it's such a friendly environment everyone is welcoming and you just become part of the VL family so yeah I'd really really recommend getting involved. The trips Albert organises with voluntary at linguistic is for me the best way to get to know the Catalan culture the region the country it's just an amazing way to explore new places where other people and also tourists but also students wouldn't really go to because you don't really know the places they're not that famous and Albert knows the places and organizes great trips and that way it's an amazing way to to experience the Catalan culture. Yeah it's the trip to Val de Nuya is our last trip and and I kind of feel horrible about that because what I think will stick was like a part of my life in the last year and it showed me so many beautiful places and I got so many new friends here in in Catalonia and and saw so many places so I really will miss it next Saturday when there is no trip and I really can recommend it to every new student coming to UPF from abroad join these trips and you will have a lot of fun see amazing places go there.