Hola amigos ¿Cómo están? Por aquí todo bien, quiero compartir con ustedes la experiencia que tuve, la cual me llenó de melancolía aunque también de gratos recuerdos. Ayer mis padres, mi hermana y yo estuvimos de visita en Montalbán que es el pueblo donde yo pasé los primeros ocho años de mi vida, está en el oeste del Estado Carabobo en Venezuela. Estuvimos visitando algunos amigos y familiares hasta que de pronto sentí una inspiración, justo cuando ya nos disponíamos a regresar a casa en la ciudad... yo quería echarle un vistazo a los dos colegios donde estudié cuando vivía ahí, los cuales yo no veía desde hacía muchísimos años.

Hello friends, how are you? I would like to share with you the experience I had, which filled me with melancholy but also with pleasant memories. Yesterday my parents, my sister and I were visiting Montalbán which is the town where I spent the first eight years of my life, it is in the west of Carabobo State in Venezuela. We were visiting some friends and relatives until suddenly I felt an inspiration, just as we were about to return home to the city... I wanted to take a look at the two schools where I studied when I lived there, which I had not seen for many, many years.

This was the first school I knew, it was the Kindergarten "María Lourdes Salvatierra" here I arrived when I was four and a half years old, I learned to read, to sing, to draw and to share experiences with all my friends, I still remember when my mother left me there, I felt happy and full, but she confessed that she left with a lump in her throat and a great feeling of guilt for leaving me there, poor thing, but the truth is that I did not feel abandoned, but happy, surrounded by children and experiences that reinforced my creativity.

The day of my graduation I also remember it very fondly, I felt like a big girl because I had left kindergarten behind and now I was going to first grade, so I set out to give some presents to my teachers, my favourite was the teacher María Luisa, because even though she was a little bit naughty (as you can see in the photo) she was very affectionate with me.

For this reason I not only felt nostalgic when I passed by, but I was also sad to see that the façade is quite deteriorated. It is an old colonial house that was donated in 1959 by its founder, María Lourdes Salvatierra, and in 2004 it became the headquarters of the Fundación del niño in the town, but when I was a child this place preserved its splendour, I remember it as a beautiful house, full of colour and joy, I remember its red tiles and the very white wall of the facade in contrast with the blue windows from where I used to wait for my mother to come and pick me up when it was time to leave.

When I started first grade I attended the Antonio Herrera Toro school, the same one where my father studied, and I was happy to know that it is now in very good condition, I remember when my mother would arrive at about 10 in the morning to bring me breakfast. Nowadays the place is still beautiful, full of plants, the only difference I found is that when I was a child the walls were white and there was a mural depicting the Battle of Carabobo just above, next to the big window.

I always participated in all the cultural activities because I loved to be on stage, like on that occasion when I recited a poem about flowers while I played a rose, my friend was a daisy and my friends were trees 😊 I still have photographs of that day which, by the way, were taken in this very place but from the inside of course.

It was a very nice experience to be back there, to those places where I was so happy, unfortunately I had to leave my school, my friends and the town when we moved to the city, just when I was about to turn eight years old, I feel good living here as it took many years, but I will definitely never forget how happy I was in those schools with my friends. I am grateful for what I learned from my teachers, the solidarity of my classmates, the beautiful moments and the memories that will never leave me. Thanks also to you for reading my post and letting me share my experiences, I wish you much success and blessings 😃.

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