Wednesday,3rd May , Lisbon airport, almost midnight. Latvians’ flight is late.Teachers Alexandra and Cibele wait and wait, OK they’ve landed. Time passes, they don’t show up. Ah, finally, they’re here. It’s 00:40. IIze , the Headmaster, she recognizes Alexandra. They’re all very tired. Also the students recognize Alexandra from the Facebook. 60 minutes to Caldas. Some talk in the bus. Arrival to Caldas, Portuguese Badminton Federation, the students stay for the night there, Teacher Pimenta is waiting for us there. 2:00 Am. Sleepy and very tired, but in Caldas. Teacher Ubaldo comes to pick two of the Latvian Teachers that we’ll stay at his house. Greets everybody – two kisses – Latvian Teacher didn’t know we kissed to greet. Almost runs away from him. He explains we kiss. She kisses him three times!

Time to go home. Bed at 3:00am

Next day in the morning all Latvian students meet their host students – they all recognize each other from Facebook – what a wonderful web tool!