Report
2nd Students' Exchange
2nd Students' Exchange
in
Konin/Poland
13th - 18th June 2016
Day 1:
On the 11th
of June our trip to Konin in Poland began. First we met at the train station in
Judenburg at 10:45 a.m. in the morning. Later at 11:00 a.m. our train arrived
and we got in.
After about 3
hours spent in the train, we finally arrived in Vienna, where we changed our
train in order to get to Warsaw. The trip was very long and everybody was
exhausted, but we managed to kill our time with talking, reading or playing
games, like cards, so that way our time passes quicker.
After ybout
11 hours of journey we finally arrived in Warsaw. From there we had to take a
little walk with our suitcases trough the gorgeous city of Warsaw and find our
beloved hotel. During the little walk we joked a lot and took many pictures
together. At about almost 23:00 we reached our hotel and were so thankful to
take a quick shower and just go to sleep in order to be fit and full of energy
for the next day.
Patricia
Boran
It was the
second day of our great trip and we were in Warsaw. In the morning, we went to
a restaurant to eat our morning breakfast. After the fantastic breakfast, we
paid a ticket for a sightseeing tour, to see this great city in all its
fantastic views. We liked that tour very much, because the guide knew many
great stories to all of the sights in Warsaw. After that, our bus took us to
the old town of Warsaw. It was wonderful to see also the old part of the city,
because until then, we only have seen the new and modern part of it. After that
cool experience, we went back to the hotel with the underground-train. At the
night, we went to a very good restaurant to ate something. It was interesting
to see what kind of food polish people eat. We recognized many differences to our
food, so it was a fantastic experience for us. We all liked that day very much
and would like to visit Warsaw again.
Ulrich
Spitzer
Day 3:
That day we
could sleep a little bit longer. At half past nine we walked in the direction
of the city centre to get some breakfast. At first, we wanted to go to
Starbucks, but on the way, we went by a little café. It looked very nice, and
when we noticed the Wi-Fi there, we were finally convinced. The food was very
good, and after the delicious breakfast we went back to our hotel. There we
waited in the hotel foyer for the bus that took use with our Danish partners to
Konin. While we were waiting we worked on our presentations for the following
evening. When the bus arrived we were very relieved, because we were already
tired of waiting. The bus ride ticked away very slowly. In between we stopped
at McDonalds’, because the Danish group had not eaten anything until up to that
point.
When we came
closer to Konin, we got a little bit excited. Our host families were already
waiting for us in front of the school and they were very happy that we arrived
finally in Konin. We got off the bus, took our suitcases and drove to our host
families’ homes. There we could talk with our host families and got to know them.
Birgit Gall
Day 4:
On Tuesday,
we had to get up early to drive to the centre of Konin, where we met each
other. As the last person arrived, we started the “City Game”. We were split up
into four groups, in which we did different activities. For example, we had to
dance a typical Polish dance, which was danced by kings and queens. After that,
we had to find different animals in the city park and to write their names in
our diverse languages on sheets of paper. Further, we had to dress up as bride
and groom and we had to run a few metres with tied together feet.
At midday, we
went to a pizzeria to eat something and talk and laugh. Afterwards, we had free
time, where we met each other to get each other known and to share our
experiences.
In the
afternoon, we met at the school “Gimnazjum Nr 2” to present the activities,
which we did in Austria. After the presentation, the buffet was opened and the
music started to play. When the first dancers rocked the dancefloor, everybody
started dancing and moving around on the party. Unfortunately, we had to go
home at 11 p.m. It was a great day, and the disco was big fun.
Stefan
Mischlinger
Day 5:
On Wednesday
we visited the institution „Podaj Dalej” which is a special care centre for
people with special needs. We were divided into three groups. There were three
activities that were prepared for us.
The first
station was a meeting with the disabled painter Malgosia. She has a rare
disability that makes it difficult to do things with her hands. Because of the
disability she has to use her feet to draw. But she also does daily activities
with her feet. It was amazing and inspirational to see her dealing with her
disability.
On the second
station, we were learning how to drive in a wheelchair. At the beginning we
thought it is easy. However, we realized that it is not that easy as it seems.
It is very difficult to stay in balance at the wheelchair. This balance is
needed to go down ramps for example.
On the third
station we played basketball in a wheelchair. This station was very funny for
all of us. A professional disabled basketball player showed us how to play the
game in wheelchair. After the theory we played a small match.
At the
afternoon we had free time, that we could spend with our guest family.
Christian
Rößler
Day 6:
In the
morning we had a nice awake at 5 am. We met up at school and went to Warsaw by
bus. It was a very funny drive, even though it lasted 3 hours. When we arrived
in Warsaw, we first went to the museum of the Polish Jews. It was pretty
interesting but also sad. The next place we visited was the Polish palace for
science and culture. It was built by the
Russians during the cold war. There we enjoyed the beautiful view from the
tower. Our next station was the biggest Polish film studio, where we learned
much about the filming of movies in general and especially about the making of
the Polish war-film “Karbala”. We also got some bloody make-up on our faces, it
was really terrifying but before this, we went to the Lazienki-Park. The drive
back home to Konin was even funnier than the drive to Warsaw and as we got
home, we were so tired that we just fell into our beds.
Max Rößler
Day 7:
On Friday, we
met at 7 o’clock at school. We got into the bus and in one hour we were at a
place next to the river. Everyone had to choose a partner, a kayak and to put
on a lifejacket. The guides told us some hints and then we started.
Unfortunately, it began to rain. Although it was lot of fun and the area around
the river was so wonderful. We drove back home by bus and everybody was so
tired. After a few hours of free time we got together at school and had a
little goodbye ceremony. The parents of the polish students made a big buffet
with typical polish food, tasty cakes and salad. There was also a disco were
all of us enjoyed to dance, sing and have fun. We got to know some new songs in
each language. At the end some of our new made friends started crying because
they won’t see their friends for a long time. We had to go home early because
on the next day we had to wake up at 4 o’clock for the reason that the train
left at 6 a.m.
Anja Birker
Day 8:
On Saturday
we had to get up at 4 o‘clock because our train left in Konin at a quarter past
6. Now it was time to say goodbye to our friends, but fortunately we will meet
them in February again. In the train to Břeclav everybody was really exhausted
because the day before we enjoyed our last evening in Poland with our host
families, that’s why we were sleeping. At 16:48 we had a stop in Břeclav to
switch our train and travelled on to Bruck an der Mur. When we arrived in
Judenburg our families were really glad to see us.
Sarah
Reumüller
And here a visual summary of the whole week:
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