Erasmus Group – Poland Blog

The Quirky Quibbler  brings you some extracts from the blog of the  Erasmus group that traveled to Poland. To read the full blog, please click on the links.

 Trip to Poland first day

 Five students, first 5 days and 7 students last 4 days in total 9 days in Poland. We met up with the six other schools to continue with our joy of learning.

Second day in Poland – Torun

Inside the science museum, there was a large pendulum that swung from the roof and was attracted/repelled by magnets on either side of it.
After teachers from the other countries bought the tickets, we went upstairs to the first level where we saw many interesting things including a large hamster wheel. On the other floors, there were other pieces which displayed chemistry, physics and biology.

We travelled by bus to a small town in which there was a gingerbread museum. Before we could go into the museum, we had the opportunity to walk around the small town. In the museum, we talked a bit with the group members who were from Poland.

We learnt  how to bake “traditional Polish peering” (gingerbread cookies).

Third Day in Poland – the school in Inowroclaw

Today we got to spend a little more time with the other members of the groups, as we were going to visit the school.

We gathered in their auditorium and were warmly welcomed with a few performances, we then presented our speeches about biodiversity, and in our case we just talked about our group, and what we do. To get to know each other a bit more we were split into groups and did different activities. Leva was put into Graffiti painting, which was fun as she got to decorate a wall with graffiti drawings of animals. Zelda and Emilie were put into baking and baked a cake. Carl was put into a group where they planted a tree for each country. Harry was put into a group where they made a toilet paper tree. As soon as we got back from our activities we did a traditional Polish folk dance.

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Fourth day in Poland – Gdansk

The bus ride was around 2 and a half hours long to Gdansk.

We all separated into our countries and walked around the town a bit, we also had a very luxurious  lunch. Whilst eating the lunch Emelie’s chair fell through the floorboards a bit as the wood was bad. It was a very cute town with cobblestone streets.

After getting a chance to look around the town we all gathered and went back on the bus to go to the beach. The bus ride was long and we passed time by playing charades and listening to music. When we finally got there we split into small groups and we walked around the area.

On the way back to meet the rest of the group we made an accomplishment by not being the last ones which was good. It had been a long day in the sun and we were all tired so the 3 hour trip back to the hotel was a long one. We were all excited to get back as Axel and Daniel had arrived and the whole group would now be together.

Axel and Daniel’s opinion on the day of arrival to Poland:

Daniel: On this day, Axel and I arrived in Warsaw Poland meeting Mrs U at the airport. At first glance of arrival Warsaw looked very boring, the country seemed too plain much like Sweden. However my opinion on the city slowly changed after we took the bus to the train station, I witnessed some of the busiest and most exciting streets in Warsaw. 

Funny enough the bus resembled those that are in Stockholm back home. Later on when we finally got off the bus and onto the train I experienced one of the most uncomfortable train rides, due to the unusually hot and breezeless weather. Honestly it could’ve been a little bit better if there weren’t cabins and random people talking a language we didn’t understand (for all we know they could of been talking about us). Anyway we found a way to make it through that hectic train ride and finally found ourselves in a little city called Inowroclaw. erasmus poland 2

Fifth day in Poland – Solanki Park

On this day, we didn’t have to wake up that early as we got to go back to the Polish school in Inowrocław. We met in the main entrance of the school and were all told to go outside where we were split into groups which mixed all of the countries.

At this point, we hadn’t gotten to know too many of the other students so it honestly all felt a bit awkward. The group got maps and some tasks to complete. We walked through Solanki park which is where most papers were hidden. Most members of our group turned out to be Polish, and spoke quite a bit of Polish which turned out to be difficult to follow.

In these tasks we identified the names of trees and counted certain objects in order to move on. We met after this in a small roofed place where everyone sat together and we started talking to many of the other students. For lunch we had pierogi which is a traditional polish dish with dumplings stuffed with cheese, meat or sweet fillings.

Sixth day in Poland – Funka

Leva & Zelda: Today was the day where we left Inowroclaw and went to Funka. After being used to all the bus rides we learnt how to space each other out on the bus so that we could be comfortable and get a maximum space for ourselves. The bus ride was only around 3 hours so it was not too bad.

Before starting any activities we got our houses and rooms sorted and claimed our beds.  Lunch was nice as we got to try some traditional polish soup that turned out to be really good. The others at our table told us that you either hate it or love it and apparently we were the few to love it.

After lunch we split into groups of our countries and did separate activities.

Our first activity was a visit to the swamp. It was interesting to learn about its archaeological history. We also got a chance to walk in the swamp but very few volunteered to. Emelie was brave and did walk through some of it.

Our next activity was pottery, so we got to create our own vases or mug’s out of clay.  The last activity which I personally think is the best was the boat ride. The guy who took us on the boat had only learned how to drive it 3 weeks ago, but we learnt that it is fairly easy to learn as we got to help out steer the boat ourselves.  It was nice and refreshing after a long warm day.

Seventh day in Poland – Funka / Warzaw

We did art craft with sweat and tears which all turned out neat. Long bus drive to Warsaw and it rained when we arrived. We arrived at a new hotel.

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Eighth day in Poland – Old Town

 We took a guided tour which was very informative. We got to understand that the town was built up after the war which was unbelievable since the old houses had patina which was very similar to Old Town of Stockholm.

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