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Brest: Coastal Cities Comenius"" |
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Stela and Liviu near the
brest harbor
Comercial harbor at sunset
Visit at IUFM
Oceanopolis
Brest harbor
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On the fifth day 21th of December
we ware in Brest ,city which was a population of 150.000 inhabitants
and is situated in the north-vest of France in the department of Finistère
which actually means at the end of the earth.The city is located on
two opposite banks of the River Penfeld,Brest is an important |
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| harbor it`s also well protected
and is even an important military naval base, on our trip in Brest
we even got to see a few French war ships.Our host in brest MarieIvone
told us a little of the town`s history and how in the second World
War American troops used to disembark here and how the city was almost
completely destroyed by the germans and so many of the buildings date
from around 1948.The only buildings that remain of old Brest are the
Castle situated in the vicinity of the harbor and the Tanguy Tower
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the 16th century and which now houses
a museum.During our first day in Brest we had the opportunity to visit
the school where our guest was working ,where I realized that all
of the French school are very well equipped.
One of Brest`s biggest attractions is Oceanopolis |
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| which is situated in the vicinity
of yachting harbor Moulin-Blanc. The park was first opened in 1989
and today represents an important scientific and technical center
dedicated to the marine environment. |
| Here we had the chance to visit on of
the four pavilions namely the Tropical pavilion, now we had the chance
to see seals, sharks ,numerous species of fish and many others but
the interesting thing was that the displays warn`t limited to fish
tanks but we also had the chance to see documentaries about the threat
the man represents for the environment and the disasters that he can
cause but also about poaching. |
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Another thing that I liked
very much was the multimedia room where on about 12 computers people
had the chance to see movies that took care of subjects such as wild
life ,coral sea reef ,atmosphere phenomenon and other subjects.
But the exhibit that I liked the most was the one where they recreated
a real life tropical rain forest with everything mist, jungle noises,
humidity everything.
The last thing the I would like to mention is that unlike other parks
opened in other countries such as Romania this centre wasn`t constructed
for profit but for education ,and I really thing It has reached it`s
goal. |
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Author: Parfene Liviu
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