Work programme/meetings
October 2012 – project meeting in Izmir, Turkey
Between 9 and 12 October all coordinators from all 6 schools participating in the project met in Izmir, Turkey to discuss issues related with the project. It was our first chance to meet face to face and get to know each other.
After long and heated debates we managed to decide on the schedule for exchanges for this year. And so, there will be a number of project meetings this year: at least one in each country. Great!
Oh, and we also chose the school to run the project website. This year it’s going to be Poland.
November 2012
Student matching process commenced.
Coordinators at all schools received a form to be filled in by students (the form is also available for download from our forum). Completed forms to be forwarded to the coordinator in the Netherlands. Soon we will know who is matched with whom.
Project logo competition
will be held very soon
December 2012
The lucky winner is Turkish logo
We continue getting to know each other via fb New Ways of Living group. Meanwhile more and more students send in their profiles to be published on this site (Meet Our Students section)
January 2013
Waiting impatiently for the outcome of student matching. The Dutch partners have a lot of work on their hands. It’s not an easy task to allocate 54 students and match them well.
February 2013
Finally, the list is ready. From now on we can try to get to know more of each other in pairs.
March 2013
Exchange week in the Netherlands
Wednesday, 6th March 2013
Today we were busy with food problems. People say that if anyone would like to live richly, we would need something like five to fifteen Earths. Here, in Holland, we were wondering about the problem of the war between "biological" food and GMO. Battle begins. The word "biological" sound nice and wise but what does "biological chicken" really mean? In fact it means the same as just "chicken" (just because any chicken is an animal, which already is a biological organism) but today it's more like "naturally grown chicken". It sounds even nicer. And it is. Today we saw how "biological" pigs live. They can do what they just want to do: playing, walking around, eating etc. They eat food made from plants grown without using any artifical substances. They have some nice mud, hay and nice little houses. I laughted that one of them looks like it wanted to say: "I'm a pig and I'm proud of it!". In fact it's not that easy to remember that they are grown just to become food.
Natural food has some advantages. You know that an animal your meat is made from was happy and lived peacefully. It's also healthier than meat filled whith hormones used to increase the rate an animal can grow. But there are also some big disadvantages of natural food. Firstly, it need lots of space and time. A pig won't act like a real pig when having a square like a meter big and won't grow very fast by itself. This kind of food is also really expensive. As we checked, when natural tomatoes cost like 40-50% more than "normal" ones, chicken is (Oh my dear Lord!) even 150% more! All theese factors make natural food good only for rich people as delicacy. Maybe it's not so visible in Europe but most of people suffer from hunger. In some countries you don't even dream about having any house. Your dream is a bowl of rice. If all people would like to have some casual food made with some artifical things, we would need five, maybe six Earths. If it's natural food, we would have to have something like ten or twelve, because of both time or space and natural resources. Still thinking that natural food is that good idea? One of questions we were asked to answer today was something like "Can biotechnology help decreasing hunger?". For me it's pretty much the same question as "Is our food as good (in any sense) as it could possibly be?". I know many people who sign some petitions like "No more GMO, no more poison" or something of that kind. When they hear that their food is modificated they feel like "Oh man, they're chitting me! It's not a REAL chicken!". But why it's not? In fact, the effects of selective breeding, so chickens we like to call "natural" are modificated by humans too. What about food made from organisms which are the effects of natural breed? I don't really believe you can feed all the people with corn which has only six or seven small, dry grains. But if you want to, all I can do is to wish you luck. Maybe you actually can do miracles. Ok, so whan is it, this GMO? I think everybody heard about genes. In selective breeding we just try to mix good species to have even a better one. In fact it's like playing poker. If you are good, you will probably win, but in fact there is also a high probability for you to lose. But when we are talking about genetic modifications it's like you can see any card in any moment. You can't possibly lose if you use this skill well. And now let's see if people even notice if something is a natural or not... Did you know that ALL theese yellow bananas in ALL the shops are basically clones of one banana found very long time ago. You thought why they have practically no seeds? In fact the biotechnology can give us even more. Many people shout: "You must treat animals well! We want all farms to be biological!". They are quite right. Using biological farms we make animals suffer less. But couldn't we have meat without hurting any creature at all? It may sound like nonsense but if fact... We already CAN do that! How is that possible? It's just we don't need the whole pig or cow but just meat. People can grow some muscule cells in laboratory and train them so that they can make meat just like normal cells in animals' bodies. It's difficult and expensive for now but if people stop preventing scientists from doing their job, I'm sure that they will make this kind of gaining meat the most common one. Less time and space needed, less nutritions needed, no pain needed. It has almost no disadvantages excluding that it's expensive for now. But it can become
cheaper and natural food can not (almost by definition). That was a very interesting day. We had some new experiences and dealed with important problems. It's us who choose. We can change the
world together. We can make people suffer less.
January 2013
Waiting impatiently for the outcome of student matching. The Dutch partners have a lot of work on their hands. It’s not an easy task to allocate 54 students and match them well.
February 2013
Finally, the list is ready. From now on we can try to get to know more of each other in pairs.
March 2013
Exchange week in the Netherlands
Wednesday, 6th March 2013
Today we were busy with food problems. People say that if anyone would like to live richly, we would need something like five to fifteen Earths. Here, in Holland, we were wondering about the problem of the war between "biological" food and GMO. Battle begins. The word "biological" sound nice and wise but what does "biological chicken" really mean? In fact it means the same as just "chicken" (just because any chicken is an animal, which already is a biological organism) but today it's more like "naturally grown chicken". It sounds even nicer. And it is. Today we saw how "biological" pigs live. They can do what they just want to do: playing, walking around, eating etc. They eat food made from plants grown without using any artifical substances. They have some nice mud, hay and nice little houses. I laughted that one of them looks like it wanted to say: "I'm a pig and I'm proud of it!". In fact it's not that easy to remember that they are grown just to become food.
Natural food has some advantages. You know that an animal your meat is made from was happy and lived peacefully. It's also healthier than meat filled whith hormones used to increase the rate an animal can grow. But there are also some big disadvantages of natural food. Firstly, it need lots of space and time. A pig won't act like a real pig when having a square like a meter big and won't grow very fast by itself. This kind of food is also really expensive. As we checked, when natural tomatoes cost like 40-50% more than "normal" ones, chicken is (Oh my dear Lord!) even 150% more! All theese factors make natural food good only for rich people as delicacy. Maybe it's not so visible in Europe but most of people suffer from hunger. In some countries you don't even dream about having any house. Your dream is a bowl of rice. If all people would like to have some casual food made with some artifical things, we would need five, maybe six Earths. If it's natural food, we would have to have something like ten or twelve, because of both time or space and natural resources. Still thinking that natural food is that good idea? One of questions we were asked to answer today was something like "Can biotechnology help decreasing hunger?". For me it's pretty much the same question as "Is our food as good (in any sense) as it could possibly be?". I know many people who sign some petitions like "No more GMO, no more poison" or something of that kind. When they hear that their food is modificated they feel like "Oh man, they're chitting me! It's not a REAL chicken!". But why it's not? In fact, the effects of selective breeding, so chickens we like to call "natural" are modificated by humans too. What about food made from organisms which are the effects of natural breed? I don't really believe you can feed all the people with corn which has only six or seven small, dry grains. But if you want to, all I can do is to wish you luck. Maybe you actually can do miracles. Ok, so whan is it, this GMO? I think everybody heard about genes. In selective breeding we just try to mix good species to have even a better one. In fact it's like playing poker. If you are good, you will probably win, but in fact there is also a high probability for you to lose. But when we are talking about genetic modifications it's like you can see any card in any moment. You can't possibly lose if you use this skill well. And now let's see if people even notice if something is a natural or not... Did you know that ALL theese yellow bananas in ALL the shops are basically clones of one banana found very long time ago. You thought why they have practically no seeds? In fact the biotechnology can give us even more. Many people shout: "You must treat animals well! We want all farms to be biological!". They are quite right. Using biological farms we make animals suffer less. But couldn't we have meat without hurting any creature at all? It may sound like nonsense but if fact... We already CAN do that! How is that possible? It's just we don't need the whole pig or cow but just meat. People can grow some muscule cells in laboratory and train them so that they can make meat just like normal cells in animals' bodies. It's difficult and expensive for now but if people stop preventing scientists from doing their job, I'm sure that they will make this kind of gaining meat the most common one. Less time and space needed, less nutritions needed, no pain needed. It has almost no disadvantages excluding that it's expensive for now. But it can become
cheaper and natural food can not (almost by definition). That was a very interesting day. We had some new experiences and dealed with important problems. It's us who choose. We can change the
world together. We can make people suffer less.
Tuesday, 5th March 2013
During our travel in the Netherlands we have visited many interesting places. One of them was a city Den Bosch.
In the city center is town hall, which was built in the classic Dutch style. We saw the historic Gothic cathedral St. John. This is considered one of the most beautiful and oldest in Netherlands.
Between these buildings we saw lots of cafes, shops but also a strange shed in the middle of the square. Dutch colleagues explained that there are fish snacks-a typically Dutch. We had been walking in narrow streets and admired lovely architecture. Throughout the town are channels termed 'Binnendieze'.
After sightseeing all students drove to sport center. While some of us were swimming, another part of people played squash.
Day in Den Bosch was full of impressions!
During our travel in the Netherlands we have visited many interesting places. One of them was a city Den Bosch.
In the city center is town hall, which was built in the classic Dutch style. We saw the historic Gothic cathedral St. John. This is considered one of the most beautiful and oldest in Netherlands.
Between these buildings we saw lots of cafes, shops but also a strange shed in the middle of the square. Dutch colleagues explained that there are fish snacks-a typically Dutch. We had been walking in narrow streets and admired lovely architecture. Throughout the town are channels termed 'Binnendieze'.
After sightseeing all students drove to sport center. While some of us were swimming, another part of people played squash.
Day in Den Bosch was full of impressions!
Monday, 4th March 2013
Today we had first group activities in the Netherlands. It was really great time! At the beginning, the headmaster of Cambium College welcomed all people, who arrived in Holland. We could meet students from Estonia, Turkey, Poland, Romania, Czech Republic and of course from the Netherlands. After a short introduction, we had “briefing”. It was about 30 minutes for talking with teachers from our country. Then everyone with their exchange students went to assigned group and had a speed dating. It was such an interesting exercise because I met a lot of new people. Until 12:30 we ended acquainting with each other and we went on a Mystery Tour around Zaltbommel. The weather was very good for that occasion so we could see all corners of the town. We also took some group photos from our trip. We needed them because we had to make a presentation about Zaltbommel. Then we came back to the school, we prepared a presentation and presented it to another group. That was the end of the group activities. I think this was such a good day!
Today we had first group activities in the Netherlands. It was really great time! At the beginning, the headmaster of Cambium College welcomed all people, who arrived in Holland. We could meet students from Estonia, Turkey, Poland, Romania, Czech Republic and of course from the Netherlands. After a short introduction, we had “briefing”. It was about 30 minutes for talking with teachers from our country. Then everyone with their exchange students went to assigned group and had a speed dating. It was such an interesting exercise because I met a lot of new people. Until 12:30 we ended acquainting with each other and we went on a Mystery Tour around Zaltbommel. The weather was very good for that occasion so we could see all corners of the town. We also took some group photos from our trip. We needed them because we had to make a presentation about Zaltbommel. Then we came back to the school, we prepared a presentation and presented it to another group. That was the end of the group activities. I think this was such a good day!
It was Sunday when we have arrived to the Eindhoven airport, one of the Holland’s famous. As twelve friends from one school and same country, we have started the journey of our lives- The Exchange Programme “New Ways of Living”. On Monday we had our “Mystery tour” around the Zaltbommel, the main city of the project, where the Cambium College is situated and where the most of the Holland (exchange programme) students live.
Our exercise was based on the map. We had to find the right places, photo them and answer the questions. We have started our tour at Main square (shown at the top), divided into 5 groups (about 15 people per group). Firstly, we had to find the old, water port gate, which was built in XVIII century.
After crossed the gate we turned to the left and marched off the Waal river coast. One minute later, we have seen the big monument of the young boy, who is showing the highest level of the water in 1995. It was very suprising for us, because it was hard to imagine how water of this small river could reach such level. After this we headed to the Jewish cemetery placed in Zaltbommel, which was the place of II World War memory. For us it was the ponder time, because both country where fighting against Germany, and we had the same view for this part of European History.
The last and the most important point of our tour was the Saint-Martin Church, which was built in XVII century. It is one of the oldest building in the city, and also the biggest one.
Unfortunately, the journey had ended faster that we could even imagine. Hope that my presentation (in a little percent )show the beauty of this city.
Amsterdam Trip
On Thursday, the forth day of our Exchange programme, we went for a whole day trip to Netherland’s capital – Amsterdam. All groups left Zaltbommel at 8.45 and a whole journey took around one and a half hour. It’s rather short time, comparing to travel times in Poland. When we arrived, we gathered on a main market, and every group received their own directions.
Every group got a map of a city and a list of places to visit and do tasks in. They were mostly questions about names and people. A few letters from particular answers were supposed to make a password. I don’t know how much other groups did, but my group ended after three letters, because the answer was too obvious and there was too little will to continue wandering around, because finding these ones spent over a half of our time (we got lost many, many times).
When all groups arrived back to the meeting place, we had an hour to eat lunch, which caused every available McDonald in town more crowded than ever (but the conditions there weren’t good anyway – cheating sellers and tasteless food). Soon after, at 15.30, we went for a Canal Tour through Amsterdam, which took around half an hour.
We went through narrow canals, and voice coming from speakers was telling us about what we’re seeing. To be honest, not many people were interested in this, all I found interesting was the huge bike parking with three floors and lots of bikes chained together. When tour finished, whole group got almost four hours of free time to do whatever they want. Then everyone made their own groups and went everywhere. I was sticking to Polish group, Turkish people stayed with themselves etc. Our first task was to find something more to eat, because we didn’t really know what to do with so much time. We looked everywhere, found many restaurants, but all in all, we ended in a McDonald again. After that, we went round the city, looking for electronics shop ( Wojtek wanted to buy some headphones ) so our group split into few smaller parts. We passed a lot of coffeeshops filled with people and we had to pass Red Light District a few times ( really, it’s located so well there’s no way to go round it ). Then we found our group and went round the city one more time, stopping to eat and drink something more. Some people wanted to stop and buy souvenirs, but that didn’t really take much time. When we were coming to the bus the huge pick-up drove straight to our bus stop and people in it started giving free energy drinks, well, until the police made them leave.
We were back in Zaltbommel at around 21.30. Everyone found the sightseeing boring, but the free time as well as the whole city was absolutely fantastic.
On Thursday, the forth day of our Exchange programme, we went for a whole day trip to Netherland’s capital – Amsterdam. All groups left Zaltbommel at 8.45 and a whole journey took around one and a half hour. It’s rather short time, comparing to travel times in Poland. When we arrived, we gathered on a main market, and every group received their own directions.
Every group got a map of a city and a list of places to visit and do tasks in. They were mostly questions about names and people. A few letters from particular answers were supposed to make a password. I don’t know how much other groups did, but my group ended after three letters, because the answer was too obvious and there was too little will to continue wandering around, because finding these ones spent over a half of our time (we got lost many, many times).
When all groups arrived back to the meeting place, we had an hour to eat lunch, which caused every available McDonald in town more crowded than ever (but the conditions there weren’t good anyway – cheating sellers and tasteless food). Soon after, at 15.30, we went for a Canal Tour through Amsterdam, which took around half an hour.
We went through narrow canals, and voice coming from speakers was telling us about what we’re seeing. To be honest, not many people were interested in this, all I found interesting was the huge bike parking with three floors and lots of bikes chained together. When tour finished, whole group got almost four hours of free time to do whatever they want. Then everyone made their own groups and went everywhere. I was sticking to Polish group, Turkish people stayed with themselves etc. Our first task was to find something more to eat, because we didn’t really know what to do with so much time. We looked everywhere, found many restaurants, but all in all, we ended in a McDonald again. After that, we went round the city, looking for electronics shop ( Wojtek wanted to buy some headphones ) so our group split into few smaller parts. We passed a lot of coffeeshops filled with people and we had to pass Red Light District a few times ( really, it’s located so well there’s no way to go round it ). Then we found our group and went round the city one more time, stopping to eat and drink something more. Some people wanted to stop and buy souvenirs, but that didn’t really take much time. When we were coming to the bus the huge pick-up drove straight to our bus stop and people in it started giving free energy drinks, well, until the police made them leave.
We were back in Zaltbommel at around 21.30. Everyone found the sightseeing boring, but the free time as well as the whole city was absolutely fantastic.
Our exchange week in Holland - day 5
That day we were all exhausted after intensive trip to Amserdam, but what was waiting for us was a closure of our project work. All students taking part in the exchange had been divided into several groups on Wednesday, when some of us explored a cheese factory or an ecological pig's farm, while others stayed at school. My partner Floor and I, together with Ania with Lotte and Eliza with Gintare, spent this day at school gym, having an interesting but stressful opportunity to organize a short PE lesson.
My group was also given a subject of American sports to investigate. On Friday we had to find out more about most popular and national sports in USA, then make a poster presenting our findings and photos from Wednesday. But first, when we all managed to get to school by bike (or in case of those lucky on foot), we had a briefing with our teachers, shared impressions from Amsterdam and gossiped a little bit ;). Then we had few hours to create our presentations. Working in group with girls from other countries was a really nice experience, as I found them really open and had luck with their English skills. We prepared a big poster in American national colours of white, blue and red. My friends from Poland were also preparing their presentations, some of them showing their visions of future, others sharing their knowledge about bio-food, ecology, history and media.
At about 1 p.m. the school was full with parents of all Dutch project partners, caring tones of deliciously looking food. There was everything, from chicken and salads to chocolate cakes and cookies. At 1.45 the lunch started and all of my friends couldn't resist any dish that catched their fancy. I remember Alek, Wojtek and Janusz devouring both meat and cake at once. I think that was a really nice idea to organize such a lunch at school, especially that parents could then enjoy our projects results.
When the part of presentations started, the whole cafeteria turned into a hive of chatting and laughing teenagers. Everyone wanted to see everything, people were asking more and less considered questions, here you could try an organic carrot cookie, there you had a chance to find out more about modern media. My group was proudly presenting our poster to any curious passer-by. The final presentations day was a chance not only to show results of our work, but also to talk to people from other countries.
After presentation time there was a little surprise waiting for us. Jasmina from Holland grabbed a microphone and another presentation on a bigger screen was shown. First we found out something more about Holland and its actual name. It turned our that we wasn't in Holland at all, but in a country called Netherlands. That was very surpsing news, presented in a funny way, which required good English understanding. Then we divided into groups that we had been ascribed to and participated in a quiz about Netherlands. We had two pieces of paper, green that meant 'yes' and red meaning 'no'. Unfortunately, my group wasn't lucky enough, but all the guesing and wondering was quite funny. Winners were given sweets and the final presentations day reached its end. We all said 'good-bye' to the school that had us as guests for the entire week, we waved to people, corridors and bikes in front of the building. I felt really sorry when I fully realized it was already over, but happy that I had a chance to meet so many great people and speak English daily.
That day we were all exhausted after intensive trip to Amserdam, but what was waiting for us was a closure of our project work. All students taking part in the exchange had been divided into several groups on Wednesday, when some of us explored a cheese factory or an ecological pig's farm, while others stayed at school. My partner Floor and I, together with Ania with Lotte and Eliza with Gintare, spent this day at school gym, having an interesting but stressful opportunity to organize a short PE lesson.
My group was also given a subject of American sports to investigate. On Friday we had to find out more about most popular and national sports in USA, then make a poster presenting our findings and photos from Wednesday. But first, when we all managed to get to school by bike (or in case of those lucky on foot), we had a briefing with our teachers, shared impressions from Amsterdam and gossiped a little bit ;). Then we had few hours to create our presentations. Working in group with girls from other countries was a really nice experience, as I found them really open and had luck with their English skills. We prepared a big poster in American national colours of white, blue and red. My friends from Poland were also preparing their presentations, some of them showing their visions of future, others sharing their knowledge about bio-food, ecology, history and media.
At about 1 p.m. the school was full with parents of all Dutch project partners, caring tones of deliciously looking food. There was everything, from chicken and salads to chocolate cakes and cookies. At 1.45 the lunch started and all of my friends couldn't resist any dish that catched their fancy. I remember Alek, Wojtek and Janusz devouring both meat and cake at once. I think that was a really nice idea to organize such a lunch at school, especially that parents could then enjoy our projects results.
When the part of presentations started, the whole cafeteria turned into a hive of chatting and laughing teenagers. Everyone wanted to see everything, people were asking more and less considered questions, here you could try an organic carrot cookie, there you had a chance to find out more about modern media. My group was proudly presenting our poster to any curious passer-by. The final presentations day was a chance not only to show results of our work, but also to talk to people from other countries.
After presentation time there was a little surprise waiting for us. Jasmina from Holland grabbed a microphone and another presentation on a bigger screen was shown. First we found out something more about Holland and its actual name. It turned our that we wasn't in Holland at all, but in a country called Netherlands. That was very surpsing news, presented in a funny way, which required good English understanding. Then we divided into groups that we had been ascribed to and participated in a quiz about Netherlands. We had two pieces of paper, green that meant 'yes' and red meaning 'no'. Unfortunately, my group wasn't lucky enough, but all the guesing and wondering was quite funny. Winners were given sweets and the final presentations day reached its end. We all said 'good-bye' to the school that had us as guests for the entire week, we waved to people, corridors and bikes in front of the building. I felt really sorry when I fully realized it was already over, but happy that I had a chance to meet so many great people and speak English daily.
April 2013
Exchange week in Poland, Estonia, Romania, Turkey & Czech Republic
Poland
First Day of the exchange in Poland
On 7th April we went to Warsaw to see again our Dutch students from project “New ways of living”. We were really excited before their flight had arrived. To welcome them in Poland we prepared poster, some balloons and what is likely in Poland- bread and salt. Foreigners were very surprised, when they saw us :D. After a short time we went to the bus and started our adventure in Warsaw. First, we went to the Palace of Culture and Science. It was really nice experience because we rode by the elevator to the XXX floor, where we could see the panorama of Warsaw. Then, when we were on the ground floor, we had some time to eat lunch, do shopping and speak with our exchange student. At about 8 pm. we arrived in Tarnobrzeg. Everyone went to their host families and finally after a long trip fell asleep. That day was the start of the amazing week with Dutch people in Poland.
First day of the project „New Ways of Living” was the special and exciting one. Our guests from Holland had a very pleasantly welcome. Whole students gather in school hole to celebrate this special day with all teachers and students, who took the part in this project. After this, the main opening celebration took place, for example: very kindly speeches of head teacher and foreign school teachers or very interesting presentations of projects about our school. Everything was brilliant.
After the main event, students participating in the project went to the class, where we had special game, which learn us something new about ourselves and more e.g.: how to be confident enough.
The next attraction was the tour around Tarnobrzeg. We have received an old photos of the old buildings, which over the years radically changed -our task was to find and photograph them and make presentations with the images that we have captured. We split into two groups (of course, one group had easier ways and tasks, but the other group did not give up). The first point that we had to find was a city hall, it was not such a difficult task at all, because as a great explorers and experts we knew where everything was . The next points of our trip were the old cinema "Tale", House of Culture and the bank of "Vistula" river. After an hour of walking, we have done our job and we could finally rest a little bit (before – our evening party)
It was a wonderful journey, through our city and after that trip I’ve changed my mind about this city, it’s show me that Tarnobrzeg seems to be a very interesting place. Our exchange partners shared that opinion. This is how we have ended our first day at school, which was a very interesting and gave us the good expectations for next days.
After the main event, students participating in the project went to the class, where we had special game, which learn us something new about ourselves and more e.g.: how to be confident enough.
The next attraction was the tour around Tarnobrzeg. We have received an old photos of the old buildings, which over the years radically changed -our task was to find and photograph them and make presentations with the images that we have captured. We split into two groups (of course, one group had easier ways and tasks, but the other group did not give up). The first point that we had to find was a city hall, it was not such a difficult task at all, because as a great explorers and experts we knew where everything was . The next points of our trip were the old cinema "Tale", House of Culture and the bank of "Vistula" river. After an hour of walking, we have done our job and we could finally rest a little bit (before – our evening party)
It was a wonderful journey, through our city and after that trip I’ve changed my mind about this city, it’s show me that Tarnobrzeg seems to be a very interesting place. Our exchange partners shared that opinion. This is how we have ended our first day at school, which was a very interesting and gave us the good expectations for next days.
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On Wednesday, 10th of April our group went on a day-long trip visiting the city of Cracow and a German Concentration and Extermination Camp – Auschwitz-Birkenau.
Cracow is a very old and historical city. It used be Poland’s capital and know is one the most recognisable Polish cities. We visited the King’s Cathedral and walked around the square surrounding it.
After that we headed on to see the King’s Castle located on Wawel. When we got there we had to wait for our guide and stand in a big line but it was worth it. After meeting our tour guide and getting through security check-up we could finally start. We learned about Castle’s history and Kings that used to live there. The guide also told about all changes that the castle went through for all the years it was used. For example, today it looks more like a palace or a very fancy mansion, but centuries ago it was defensive building, designed to hold in an event of a siege.
When the trip was over we got some free time to explore the city’s main square, but not for a long time, because we had to departure to Auschwitz-Birkeanu.
Cracow is a very old and historical city. It used be Poland’s capital and know is one the most recognisable Polish cities. We visited the King’s Cathedral and walked around the square surrounding it.
After that we headed on to see the King’s Castle located on Wawel. When we got there we had to wait for our guide and stand in a big line but it was worth it. After meeting our tour guide and getting through security check-up we could finally start. We learned about Castle’s history and Kings that used to live there. The guide also told about all changes that the castle went through for all the years it was used. For example, today it looks more like a palace or a very fancy mansion, but centuries ago it was defensive building, designed to hold in an event of a siege.
When the trip was over we got some free time to explore the city’s main square, but not for a long time, because we had to departure to Auschwitz-Birkeanu.
In the Polish part or the Exchange, on Wednesday, we went for a whole-day trip to Kraków. We left very early, at 6 am ( which meant that after previous day paintball we were tired and all aching ). The journey took slightly over three ours ( more than twice as long as the one to Amsterdam, that’s what Dutch people didn’t expect ). Our first objective was to visit Wawel. As we were a bit too early at place, we went to the cathedral first. We were watching kings’ and Polish poets’ tombstones and a bit of great architecture ( sculptures, paintings etc. ). We weren’t allowed to take photos, though.
After that we went to the castle after being precisely checked by the guards.
The guide led us through next rooms, telling us about the history of the place. She was speaking exactly, showing us many details of the insides. We saw many beautiful paintings and sculptures, as well as old furniture and carpets.
Everyone was listening to stories and legends about the castle. The tour round Wawel took a bit longer than we expected, so we had less free time, just enough to eat something and come back to meeting place. While we were waiting for the rest of the group coming, we tried not to be eaten alive by the pidgeons, the plague of Kraków. As soon as the whole group came, it started to rain. The weather predicted where were we going – to Auschwitz camp.
After that we went to the castle after being precisely checked by the guards.
The guide led us through next rooms, telling us about the history of the place. She was speaking exactly, showing us many details of the insides. We saw many beautiful paintings and sculptures, as well as old furniture and carpets.
Everyone was listening to stories and legends about the castle. The tour round Wawel took a bit longer than we expected, so we had less free time, just enough to eat something and come back to meeting place. While we were waiting for the rest of the group coming, we tried not to be eaten alive by the pidgeons, the plague of Kraków. As soon as the whole group came, it started to rain. The weather predicted where were we going – to Auschwitz camp.
After our visit in Wawel we moved to a whole different place. Auschwitz concentration camp, one of the largest concentration camps in the Europe. After we arrived to this place, it didn't seem that special. Many groups, up to twenty or so people in each. Guides. Headphones so that we can hear our guide despite her not talking that loudly. Like in any museum.
It was not. It was the place where we discovered why the etymology of the word "humanity", which is said to come from "human(um)", must be a black joke. Of course, we were theoretically aware of what we should expect. The main word here is: theoretically.
We were visiting Auschwitz in the middle of the afternoon but after fifteen minutes it seemed that the sky darkened. It's a whole differend story when we hear about some Judes killed somewhere many decades ago and when we hear to the calm, informative voice of our guide, standing on the same ground where everything looks like when IT happened.
Of course there were photos and maps. But it's different when you almoust feel that the person who made it was risking his or her life, when he or she almoust IS risking his or her life at the very moment. Of course there were exhibitions. But it's different when you almoust see all the burned people whose shoes of which this huge mountain is made.
The stereotype is that Nazis were trying to destroy Judes. Compared to statistics we saw in the Auschwitz, it must be a gossip. Why would they kill so many Poles or Roms? What's more, our guide asked us a question: if today was the World War III, can you be sure that none of your great-great-grandparents was a Gipsy? Because it would be enough for Nazis to treat you like one of them.
Many people think that places like Auschwitz were just to kill in mass. Now we know they were not. The people that were to die from gas weren't even entering the camp but the gas chamber. The rest of the camp was built for others, who weren't to just die quickly. They had to work hard having almost no food or space to live. Always in fear if they will be still alive tommorow. What's more. Nazis were masters of psychology. They made the prisoners turn their hatred to other prisoners, not Nazis. Because it was the other prisoner who was forced to steal your warm shoes in winter or your place to sleep because he didn't have one.
Probably the biggest shock wasn't what happened during the war, but what happens today. For example during our visit in Auschwitz we met a Jewish trip. We all thought that they came here because this place is important for their nation. Maybe it is but it wasn't a problem for them to laugh and dance being wrapped with the flag of Israel. And all of this on the ground which is filled with their ancestors' blood. When some of us, who had almost nothing to do with the most of people who died here, cried because of the density of pain in the air. Of course not all. But it's obvious, that this trip was adressed to more mature part of our group.
I think that some of us probably found the visit in Auschwitz really boring and maybe they already forgot what they saw. But I'm perfectly sure, that some of us won't forget until the very end of their lifes.
It was not. It was the place where we discovered why the etymology of the word "humanity", which is said to come from "human(um)", must be a black joke. Of course, we were theoretically aware of what we should expect. The main word here is: theoretically.
We were visiting Auschwitz in the middle of the afternoon but after fifteen minutes it seemed that the sky darkened. It's a whole differend story when we hear about some Judes killed somewhere many decades ago and when we hear to the calm, informative voice of our guide, standing on the same ground where everything looks like when IT happened.
Of course there were photos and maps. But it's different when you almoust feel that the person who made it was risking his or her life, when he or she almoust IS risking his or her life at the very moment. Of course there were exhibitions. But it's different when you almoust see all the burned people whose shoes of which this huge mountain is made.
The stereotype is that Nazis were trying to destroy Judes. Compared to statistics we saw in the Auschwitz, it must be a gossip. Why would they kill so many Poles or Roms? What's more, our guide asked us a question: if today was the World War III, can you be sure that none of your great-great-grandparents was a Gipsy? Because it would be enough for Nazis to treat you like one of them.
Many people think that places like Auschwitz were just to kill in mass. Now we know they were not. The people that were to die from gas weren't even entering the camp but the gas chamber. The rest of the camp was built for others, who weren't to just die quickly. They had to work hard having almost no food or space to live. Always in fear if they will be still alive tommorow. What's more. Nazis were masters of psychology. They made the prisoners turn their hatred to other prisoners, not Nazis. Because it was the other prisoner who was forced to steal your warm shoes in winter or your place to sleep because he didn't have one.
Probably the biggest shock wasn't what happened during the war, but what happens today. For example during our visit in Auschwitz we met a Jewish trip. We all thought that they came here because this place is important for their nation. Maybe it is but it wasn't a problem for them to laugh and dance being wrapped with the flag of Israel. And all of this on the ground which is filled with their ancestors' blood. When some of us, who had almost nothing to do with the most of people who died here, cried because of the density of pain in the air. Of course not all. But it's obvious, that this trip was adressed to more mature part of our group.
I think that some of us probably found the visit in Auschwitz really boring and maybe they already forgot what they saw. But I'm perfectly sure, that some of us won't forget until the very end of their lifes.
Day 4 - trip to „Sandomierz”
„Near the Sandomierz, river „San” flows into the Vistula”. Words: “San”, into, Vistula, flows; in polish language make name “Sandomierz”. Trip to Sandomierz was for everybody break from working on our projects (it took the whole morning at school!) Bus trip was very short, only 12 km. When we arrived, we went to the “Brama Opatowska” some kind of tower. Function of that was to defend the city. We went upstairs, admired the views around, took a group photo and went down. After this, we went to the underground part of city. Before going there I wanted to explain to Dutch people why Sandomierz had something like underground part of city. I didn’t notice, however that everything I was saying was written behind me on the wall, in English... When we turned back on the surface of the ground, we had time to eat. I went to the restaurant with Dutch friends. We ate kababs, it was nice. They taught me to play cards. Our time was ending so it was time for the group photo next to the city hall. We were going to the bus next to the part of the castle. When Poland had a king, Sandomierz was a very important city. Of cours we took a photo of the castle. That was the end of the trip to Sandomierz. It was a short trip, but we learned that there are towns of similar character in the Netherlands. They look a little different (because they have no hills, only flat ground ;) ), but in the past served a similar function. Cool!
„Near the Sandomierz, river „San” flows into the Vistula”. Words: “San”, into, Vistula, flows; in polish language make name “Sandomierz”. Trip to Sandomierz was for everybody break from working on our projects (it took the whole morning at school!) Bus trip was very short, only 12 km. When we arrived, we went to the “Brama Opatowska” some kind of tower. Function of that was to defend the city. We went upstairs, admired the views around, took a group photo and went down. After this, we went to the underground part of city. Before going there I wanted to explain to Dutch people why Sandomierz had something like underground part of city. I didn’t notice, however that everything I was saying was written behind me on the wall, in English... When we turned back on the surface of the ground, we had time to eat. I went to the restaurant with Dutch friends. We ate kababs, it was nice. They taught me to play cards. Our time was ending so it was time for the group photo next to the city hall. We were going to the bus next to the part of the castle. When Poland had a king, Sandomierz was a very important city. Of cours we took a photo of the castle. That was the end of the trip to Sandomierz. It was a short trip, but we learned that there are towns of similar character in the Netherlands. They look a little different (because they have no hills, only flat ground ;) ), but in the past served a similar function. Cool!
Day 4, The Spring Concert, Exchange in Poland
Having Dutch students as guests in our school, we wanted to show them the best that we, as Polish people and the Hetman's student, have. That's why we took them to Krakow, Oświęcim or Sandomierz, they also had an opportunity to participate in the Open Door's Day. But what we wanted to present them the most was that in our school we have an anormous number of very gifted people that are given a chance to perfom. On the fourth day of the exchange week in Poland we participated in the Spring Concert, some of us as the audience, some of us as the performers.
The concert was opened by a quick speech of Mr. Dobrowolski, the originator of the whole idea. Then the show began. First, our school's star singer, Diana Ciecierska, enchanted us in Polish song 'Mówiłam żartem' (English: 'I said it joking'). Szymon Dziewic from Polish group tried his best to translate carefully words of the speaker, Mateusz Strojek. I have very personal impressions from the evening, as my friends, Karol Wacławczyk i Wanessa Paciorkowska, and I decided to perform a song 'Nicest thing' by Kate Nash, playing guitar, cello and piano, while our younger colleague Ania Zygmunt from a secondary school surprised all the gathered with her beautiful, mature and deep voice. Also my exchange partner, Floor, was taking part in the concert, singing 'Wonderwall' by Oasis with an instrumental background created by boys, Robin, Jeroun and a teacher from Holland, Mr. Herman. They did really great despite their little before-the-show stage fright and received a big well-earned ovation. Backstage, there was a mood of agitation and excitement. Waiting for my turn, I was watching more or less discreetly performances of consecutive participants. Eliza Karłowska from our group together with her friends, Agnieszka Stankiewicz, Agnieszka Lech and Basia Furman sang optimistic 'Change your life' by Little Mix. Next performances also charmed the audience, including Agnieszka Stankiewicz in song 'I got you' by Antonia, energetical version of 'Eye of the tiger' that was shown by the 'Akumulator' band, gloomy and masterly guitar rendition of Maks Krasoń in 'Ov fire and the void' by Behemoth or strong voice of Asia Kutyła in 'Eyes on fire'.
I have to admitt that there were performances that particularly impressed me. Dagmara Czechura, another school star singer, as usually showed her incredible talent and stage temper in a breath-taking song 'Deszczowy klaun' (English: 'The rainy clown'). The clown motif appeared not only here, but also in a guitar parade of sounds in 'Zakochany klaun' ('A clown in love') by Kinga Gorzała, who then played one more piece, 'Białe róże' ('White Roses'). Joanna Wójtowicz was very calm while singing 'People help the poeple' by Birdy, but she made a huge impression with her truely angelic and delicate voice. Then there was a short break during which two members of the audience had a chance to compete in a folk Polish piece 'Szła dzieweczka do laseczka', which is a title very hard to translate into English. But the biggest event of the evening was still to come.
We had heard a lot about a mysterious 'surprise' for the whole week, but the last show that night was more surprising than in my most courageous assumptions. When five of my teachers, Mrs. Wciseł (English), Mrs. Żak (Geography), Mr. Dobrowolski (Math), Mr. Kieszkowski (Phisics), Mr. Wolski (Biology and Chemistry) and most of all, the headmaster, Mrs. Orzeł-Łysiak, jumped out of the classroom backstage in colourful, folk dresses and Cossack's fur hats, I was stunned. Performing perfect Russian accent and adequate dancing moves, they sang 'Katiusze' twice, the other time as an encore. Two students, Karol Wacławczyk (guitar) and Dominik Lis (piano) accompanied them. I think I don't have to convince anybody that the whole audience was having fun along with them.
All in all, the evening was surprising, extremely entertaining and colourful, like all previous were. However, this time was special because of presence of our Dutch guests and the unexpected final. I'm sure that neither the participants, nor the audience will ever forget this concert and that everyone is looking forward to another show in June. I also bet that in our school there are still many talents and personalities to discover.
Having Dutch students as guests in our school, we wanted to show them the best that we, as Polish people and the Hetman's student, have. That's why we took them to Krakow, Oświęcim or Sandomierz, they also had an opportunity to participate in the Open Door's Day. But what we wanted to present them the most was that in our school we have an anormous number of very gifted people that are given a chance to perfom. On the fourth day of the exchange week in Poland we participated in the Spring Concert, some of us as the audience, some of us as the performers.
The concert was opened by a quick speech of Mr. Dobrowolski, the originator of the whole idea. Then the show began. First, our school's star singer, Diana Ciecierska, enchanted us in Polish song 'Mówiłam żartem' (English: 'I said it joking'). Szymon Dziewic from Polish group tried his best to translate carefully words of the speaker, Mateusz Strojek. I have very personal impressions from the evening, as my friends, Karol Wacławczyk i Wanessa Paciorkowska, and I decided to perform a song 'Nicest thing' by Kate Nash, playing guitar, cello and piano, while our younger colleague Ania Zygmunt from a secondary school surprised all the gathered with her beautiful, mature and deep voice. Also my exchange partner, Floor, was taking part in the concert, singing 'Wonderwall' by Oasis with an instrumental background created by boys, Robin, Jeroun and a teacher from Holland, Mr. Herman. They did really great despite their little before-the-show stage fright and received a big well-earned ovation. Backstage, there was a mood of agitation and excitement. Waiting for my turn, I was watching more or less discreetly performances of consecutive participants. Eliza Karłowska from our group together with her friends, Agnieszka Stankiewicz, Agnieszka Lech and Basia Furman sang optimistic 'Change your life' by Little Mix. Next performances also charmed the audience, including Agnieszka Stankiewicz in song 'I got you' by Antonia, energetical version of 'Eye of the tiger' that was shown by the 'Akumulator' band, gloomy and masterly guitar rendition of Maks Krasoń in 'Ov fire and the void' by Behemoth or strong voice of Asia Kutyła in 'Eyes on fire'.
I have to admitt that there were performances that particularly impressed me. Dagmara Czechura, another school star singer, as usually showed her incredible talent and stage temper in a breath-taking song 'Deszczowy klaun' (English: 'The rainy clown'). The clown motif appeared not only here, but also in a guitar parade of sounds in 'Zakochany klaun' ('A clown in love') by Kinga Gorzała, who then played one more piece, 'Białe róże' ('White Roses'). Joanna Wójtowicz was very calm while singing 'People help the poeple' by Birdy, but she made a huge impression with her truely angelic and delicate voice. Then there was a short break during which two members of the audience had a chance to compete in a folk Polish piece 'Szła dzieweczka do laseczka', which is a title very hard to translate into English. But the biggest event of the evening was still to come.
We had heard a lot about a mysterious 'surprise' for the whole week, but the last show that night was more surprising than in my most courageous assumptions. When five of my teachers, Mrs. Wciseł (English), Mrs. Żak (Geography), Mr. Dobrowolski (Math), Mr. Kieszkowski (Phisics), Mr. Wolski (Biology and Chemistry) and most of all, the headmaster, Mrs. Orzeł-Łysiak, jumped out of the classroom backstage in colourful, folk dresses and Cossack's fur hats, I was stunned. Performing perfect Russian accent and adequate dancing moves, they sang 'Katiusze' twice, the other time as an encore. Two students, Karol Wacławczyk (guitar) and Dominik Lis (piano) accompanied them. I think I don't have to convince anybody that the whole audience was having fun along with them.
All in all, the evening was surprising, extremely entertaining and colourful, like all previous were. However, this time was special because of presence of our Dutch guests and the unexpected final. I'm sure that neither the participants, nor the audience will ever forget this concert and that everyone is looking forward to another show in June. I also bet that in our school there are still many talents and personalities to discover.
Day 5
The last day of the project works was a combination of three very important parts of life: work, rest and effects of work. And, in typical Polish way, we started from the rest. From the other hand, the type of the rest was more Dutch as it took the form of physical activities.
The "rest" part started at eight o'clock at our city's sport center, OSiR ("Ośrodek Sportu i Rekreacji", meaning "Sport and Recreation Center"). Our quest was learning a kind of unusual dance no one of us knew. Our teacher promised us that she will tell us where it comes from but first we need to master it. In fact it wasn't that easy as every time when we thought we finally finished, somebody sliped, went the opposite direction or forgot to turn around. But finally we managed to dance the full cycle and out teacher revealed us that the dance comes from... the Netherlands. I guess that a whole group of teenagers from two countries saying "Eee?" at the very same moment isn't that common.
After rest comes work. We went to school to finish our posters from the previous day and make another work which was "Common Europe in 20/30 years". The discussions were endless, mainly about political aspects. We also considered hack-wars and schoolar system based on the e-learning as well as social changes resulting from technical progress.
At one o'clock we presented the effect of the whole week long works at the hall of the school. We presented our posters and multimedial presentations to the faculty and younger students. Maybe it wasn't ideal but I guess it was good enough. Representatives of teachers from both countries had their speeches.
After the presentations we had a deserved pizza lunch at school. That was the end of our school activities in the Comenius project.
The last day of the project works was a combination of three very important parts of life: work, rest and effects of work. And, in typical Polish way, we started from the rest. From the other hand, the type of the rest was more Dutch as it took the form of physical activities.
The "rest" part started at eight o'clock at our city's sport center, OSiR ("Ośrodek Sportu i Rekreacji", meaning "Sport and Recreation Center"). Our quest was learning a kind of unusual dance no one of us knew. Our teacher promised us that she will tell us where it comes from but first we need to master it. In fact it wasn't that easy as every time when we thought we finally finished, somebody sliped, went the opposite direction or forgot to turn around. But finally we managed to dance the full cycle and out teacher revealed us that the dance comes from... the Netherlands. I guess that a whole group of teenagers from two countries saying "Eee?" at the very same moment isn't that common.
After rest comes work. We went to school to finish our posters from the previous day and make another work which was "Common Europe in 20/30 years". The discussions were endless, mainly about political aspects. We also considered hack-wars and schoolar system based on the e-learning as well as social changes resulting from technical progress.
At one o'clock we presented the effect of the whole week long works at the hall of the school. We presented our posters and multimedial presentations to the faculty and younger students. Maybe it wasn't ideal but I guess it was good enough. Representatives of teachers from both countries had their speeches.
After the presentations we had a deserved pizza lunch at school. That was the end of our school activities in the Comenius project.
Estonia
Comenius - New Ways of Living - an international adventure
This year a group of students from our school, ZSS1 in Tarnobrzeg, had an amazing opportunity to take part in an international exchange, which was the 'New Ways of Living' Comenius project. We were all very lucky to meet teenagers from other European countries, practice English in everyday life, find cultural similarities and differences that hadn't been so obvious before and just have an amazing time!
On 9th of March we went to the Netherlands, where we were staying for the entire week in our student partners' houses, while at school having a chance to participate in various projects. There we also met people from Turkey, Estonia, Romania and Czech Republic that all turned out to be very nice and not so different from us, Polish students. Necessity of using English daily was at first very stressful, but made us feel the language and - for some of us - even start thinking in English! Together with our Dutch partners we formed a group of 24 teenagers (12 Polish, 12 Dutch students) and we learned how to fight some initial barriers and create a good team. We could discover how it is to live in Netherlands and visit such interesting places as Den Bosch or Amsterdam.
One month after, on 7th of April, Dutch students came to Poland and found it all cold and wintery. Luckily, we had a schedule full of very interesting activities, from playing paintball and visit in Kraków and Oświęcim to participating in the Spring Concert at school. We were trying to show them the best side of our country, even if the weather wasn't helping us at all. Our parents also had to a face a major challenge that was hosting a teenager from abroad and having to communicate with them successfully. I think it all went smoothly. We tried to show them our culture like they had showed Dutch traditions to us one month before. They learned about our history and typical dishes, visited most important monuments and listened to Polish language. That was an exchange of music, food preferences, even cultural habits.
May 5, 2013 marks the beginning of the last exchange week this year. This time our destination was Estonia, Põlva to be more precise, a small town where our partner school is located. Again, like two months earlier, we had a chance to meet with our friends from other participating countries. Only this time it was much easier, because we were already familiar with each other, some of us anyway.
Our hosts prepared a very intensive programme. The entire 3-day stay was packed with activities aimed at bringing the Estonian culture closer to us.
I think the exchange was a time that demanded a lot from us, but taught us even more. Of course, we had to face many difficulties while trying to communicate or living with complete strangers, but we also could made new friends, get more independent, open-minded, tolerant and aware of how life in other countries look like. For me the exchange was one-in-a-million chance that I was lucky to take advantage of. I think that every teenage in Poland should have such a possibility.
This year a group of students from our school, ZSS1 in Tarnobrzeg, had an amazing opportunity to take part in an international exchange, which was the 'New Ways of Living' Comenius project. We were all very lucky to meet teenagers from other European countries, practice English in everyday life, find cultural similarities and differences that hadn't been so obvious before and just have an amazing time!
On 9th of March we went to the Netherlands, where we were staying for the entire week in our student partners' houses, while at school having a chance to participate in various projects. There we also met people from Turkey, Estonia, Romania and Czech Republic that all turned out to be very nice and not so different from us, Polish students. Necessity of using English daily was at first very stressful, but made us feel the language and - for some of us - even start thinking in English! Together with our Dutch partners we formed a group of 24 teenagers (12 Polish, 12 Dutch students) and we learned how to fight some initial barriers and create a good team. We could discover how it is to live in Netherlands and visit such interesting places as Den Bosch or Amsterdam.
One month after, on 7th of April, Dutch students came to Poland and found it all cold and wintery. Luckily, we had a schedule full of very interesting activities, from playing paintball and visit in Kraków and Oświęcim to participating in the Spring Concert at school. We were trying to show them the best side of our country, even if the weather wasn't helping us at all. Our parents also had to a face a major challenge that was hosting a teenager from abroad and having to communicate with them successfully. I think it all went smoothly. We tried to show them our culture like they had showed Dutch traditions to us one month before. They learned about our history and typical dishes, visited most important monuments and listened to Polish language. That was an exchange of music, food preferences, even cultural habits.
May 5, 2013 marks the beginning of the last exchange week this year. This time our destination was Estonia, Põlva to be more precise, a small town where our partner school is located. Again, like two months earlier, we had a chance to meet with our friends from other participating countries. Only this time it was much easier, because we were already familiar with each other, some of us anyway.
Our hosts prepared a very intensive programme. The entire 3-day stay was packed with activities aimed at bringing the Estonian culture closer to us.
I think the exchange was a time that demanded a lot from us, but taught us even more. Of course, we had to face many difficulties while trying to communicate or living with complete strangers, but we also could made new friends, get more independent, open-minded, tolerant and aware of how life in other countries look like. For me the exchange was one-in-a-million chance that I was lucky to take advantage of. I think that every teenage in Poland should have such a possibility.
Exchange week in Turkey
3-8. 06. 2014
The Journey is a sense of life Thanks for the free Comenius project which let student all over the duty of UE and other countries seeking of access to UE spend time on traveling. We have got an occasion to spend 5 days in totally different space with new unknown people. Our Journey have started at 2th June firstly we arrived to Cracow airport and next to Munchen ,and finally we got Izmir .Despite of fear on the airport our language have flighted,
our host partners were also there ,those were the people who will have been our friends , family and tour guide for the next days. Second day according the plan was to be a day spent in homes .i have to admit that when i have heard it for the first time i wouldn't be sure if it was good. However now i know that it was such an amazing idea ,me and Yagmur had .....We have started our day with a big breakfast on the traditional for Turkey balcony , the meal was really satiating .Walking across the coast, coffee in a stylish cafe well known only for aboriginals .I was happy to try a real Turkish kebab just to compare with "polish" it's more fat and they are putting a yogurt not a sauce .At Third day we were walking through the city and sightseeing ,integrating with the group of Estonian people .The evening we also spend together sitting on the grass and just talking about each other , at the grass were an empty space cause that is an normal activity for all of Turkish teenagers .We spend fourth day at school every school partner presented sth typical for the country - dance , ( so we couldn't take time by the forelock to show them a hetman is also happy video, girls were impressed by " handsome polish boys").In the evening we were at the surprising birthday party made by the Turkish student for her partner .Next day we were in Efez well known as a capital of Greek antiquity philosophies .If any of you will be in Turkey you should see Efez it's unbelievable . Enormous buildings preserved since today .we had an Opportunity to lay on beach sunbathing and bath in saltwater see ,eat fresh fish (delicious) .At last day we have visited a shopping center and then unfortunately we have to say goodbye .it was very hard everyone was crying .Every Turkish student hugged me a few times .I' m kind of who could easily get used to others ,so airport goodbye was really hard. It was my third Comenius and i have to say that Turkish was the most kind and hospitable .
3-8. 06. 2014
The Journey is a sense of life Thanks for the free Comenius project which let student all over the duty of UE and other countries seeking of access to UE spend time on traveling. We have got an occasion to spend 5 days in totally different space with new unknown people. Our Journey have started at 2th June firstly we arrived to Cracow airport and next to Munchen ,and finally we got Izmir .Despite of fear on the airport our language have flighted,
our host partners were also there ,those were the people who will have been our friends , family and tour guide for the next days. Second day according the plan was to be a day spent in homes .i have to admit that when i have heard it for the first time i wouldn't be sure if it was good. However now i know that it was such an amazing idea ,me and Yagmur had .....We have started our day with a big breakfast on the traditional for Turkey balcony , the meal was really satiating .Walking across the coast, coffee in a stylish cafe well known only for aboriginals .I was happy to try a real Turkish kebab just to compare with "polish" it's more fat and they are putting a yogurt not a sauce .At Third day we were walking through the city and sightseeing ,integrating with the group of Estonian people .The evening we also spend together sitting on the grass and just talking about each other , at the grass were an empty space cause that is an normal activity for all of Turkish teenagers .We spend fourth day at school every school partner presented sth typical for the country - dance , ( so we couldn't take time by the forelock to show them a hetman is also happy video, girls were impressed by " handsome polish boys").In the evening we were at the surprising birthday party made by the Turkish student for her partner .Next day we were in Efez well known as a capital of Greek antiquity philosophies .If any of you will be in Turkey you should see Efez it's unbelievable . Enormous buildings preserved since today .we had an Opportunity to lay on beach sunbathing and bath in saltwater see ,eat fresh fish (delicious) .At last day we have visited a shopping center and then unfortunately we have to say goodbye .it was very hard everyone was crying .Every Turkish student hugged me a few times .I' m kind of who could easily get used to others ,so airport goodbye was really hard. It was my third Comenius and i have to say that Turkish was the most kind and hospitable .