Estonia - Memories of Warsaw/Gdańsk,Poland

Hello guys! 

Happy New Year 2014!

and it's time to new memories :)

My comenius days in Poland by Liisa Vilumets

This project trip to Poland was very different from my previous comenius trips. This time we went by bus, about 34 hours by bus. It was my second time in Poland, but i saw Warsaw, Gdansk and Sopot for the first time. I really liked these cities, especially Gdansk, because of the architecture. We stayed in host families.
We did not had much time to get to know each other very good, but in this short time, i really liked our time together. In my host family, we had a really cool dog. He was really cute and made some tricks. This time we spent much time with other comenius students and it was good  to get to know them. Also, i really liked dancing Polish national dance – Polonez. The museums we visited, were really interesting. We had a wonderful weather, the sun was shining and everything was perfect.  

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My Comenius day by Kristin Kont

We travelled to Poland on 19th September with a Comenius project. We stayed there for four nigths.

First of all we had to make a movie about famous and characteristic people in Estonian policy. We sat hours on the computer to create an interesting movie, but unfortunately everyone seemed bored watching it. Even though everyone sitting in assembly hall started to chat after showing the first boring movie and the majority of audience didn’t listen at all, I can say I got a lot of interesting information about our politicians while putting our film together.

The second good thing is that we travelled to Poland by bus for 18 hours! Crazy to think about it, but it wasn’t so horrible as it sounds. We got to know each other better and now, when we’re back at home, the 1 and 3 hours’ drives seem to us as only 10 minutes have gone by.

Of course, the Polish family was so polite and hospitable. It was fun to speak two languages (English and Russian) with host-mother. Also it was good to discuss problems of Polish government with host-father. My knowledge about Poland improved entirely.

All the sightseeings the Polish group took us to were marvellous and everything turned out to be great. I hope to take part in this kind of project soon.

Until the next time, friends!

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Comenius with Poland by Helen Kont

Me and the rest of estonians started trip from our town 4am. We had to travel by bus 17 hours, to get to the Warsaw.

We finally got there 11pm. It was pretty late. My family there was so kind and nice. The  next day, friday, we had some workshops at school.

First of all, we watched movies which every country had to do. Movies was about communism, it was very interesting.

The same day we learned polish dance, at the beginning it was very difficult, but the more I practised the more we got it. Then we had amazing tour in Warsaw.

It all was so beautiful. The next day we had trip to Gdansk. We had guide tour in old town and after we did some shopping.

Sunday we went Sopot for few hours, and then got to back to the Warsaw.

My family there and host was so kind. Every second they asked me what I want or need.

Sometimes it was bad to say "no, thank you, I dont need anything right now" if everything was ok.

Poland and polish people are amazing. Definitely I want to go back to the Poland, where everything was perfect. I miss everyone so much.

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My Comenius day by Ivar Männi

On 19^th September at 4 o’clock our team from Estonia started our journey to Poland. First of all we went to Tallinn by bus. From there, we started to drive to Riga at 6:15. In Riga we sit around to another bus. At 23.45 we finally arrived to Warsaw.                                                                                                          On first day we met to school where we’ve got lecture about Polish Way to Democracy by one of the former oppositsion leaders, Mr. Adnrzej Celinski, a friend of a former Polish president Lech Walesa. After that we’ve got lesson of Polish Geography and History and lesson of Polish national dance – Polonez. Then we’ve got lunch. At 15:00 we went to Warsaw’s Old Town.                        

On next day at 6.00 we leaved to Gdansk by bus and at 12 o’clock we arrived. At 13.00 we had a lunch. We ate pizza. Then we visited the Museum of Gdansk Shipyard. At 15.00 we’ve got guided tour of Gdansk Old Town. After that we’ve got some free time and we went shopping. At 21.00 we all arrived in hostel and whole night were there.                                                                                  

On next day at 9.00 we’ve got breakfast and after that went to Sopot. There we walk along the Sopot Pier and had lunch in Sushi Restaurant. At 14.00 we leaved to Warsaw by bus. In Estonia we arrived on 24^th September and at 2 o’clock I was at home.