GORZYCE
POLAND February , 2012
D.Burian E.Queval
A.Boukraa J.Dewasch S.Firon V.Daveaux
February, 1st
2012 (written by Valentin Daveaux)
We went to the airport
« Charles de Gaulle » at 8 o’clock
After
a 2 hours flight we arrived in Cracow, the temperature was very cold,
it was amazing. We took a bus with Polish and Bulgarian students.
After three long hours of bus, we arrived in the high school of
Gorzyce . We spoke with our penpals and
after that, the head of the high school introduced his school and we
ate some speciality of Poland, (bread with cheese) and we drank hot
drinks.
Nos correspondants nous ont offerts des spécialités polonaises ( pain et fromage) et des boissons chaudes à notre arrivée .
After
that we did Origamis, it was very interesting but it was very
difficult
Nous avons réalisé des origamis , c'était intéressant , mais difficile !
After this workshop we went home to speak with our host families. After that the Polish students had to prepare a welcome dinner.
February
2nd Evan's story will soon be
finished !
February
3rd 2012 (written by Damien Burien)
Two
days after our arrival in Poland, Polish teachers and students had
prepared a special day for us. Friday morning was for me the most
significant part of our travel with Comenius.
Firstly,
after our coming at the school at the beginning of the day, every
country was represented with flags and national anthems. At that
moment when the Marseillaise was broadcast all around the gymnasium
where we were, we felt a sort of pride of being French, and it was
the same for the other countries I think… After this short
“introduction”, Polish pupils presented us different types of
recyled clothes, for example a dress composed of recycled paper. It
was really interesting to see how we can make clothes with “nothing”,
and this is good for our planet!
Une journée spéciale et émouvante, avec des défilés d'élèves portant des vêtements recyclés , nos hymnes nationaux
Secondly, we
went to a Polish lesson, in a mathematics lesson in fact. The teacher
informed us about how the students were marked and it is really
different from what is done in France... For example, in Poland,
students are marked from 1 to 5 (1 is the worst mark, 5 is the best).
Nous avons assité à un cours de mathémathiques en polonais et appris quelques mots. la notation des devoirs va de 1 à 5.
And at the
end of the morning, we learned a typical Polish dance, in group, and
French guys were the best at this exercise as well! I think that this
morning was a cultural time, we learned a lot about Polish
traditions, I really liked this day for this special morning which
was for me a real success.
Nous avons dansé des danses polonaises en costumes
During the
afternoon, we stayed at home with our hosts. But later, at about six
o’clock, we went to a concert with the Polish host families. There,
we ate typical Polish food and we took a ride in a sleigh. It was
very cold outside but it was interesting even if going to the concert
was our first objective… This day was special, because it was the
last day with our Polish friends, and sadness followed the feeling of
happiness to be there, with them. All the French students will keep a
good memory of this exchange, which was as interesting as amazing.
Our teachers attended work sessions.
Pendant ce temps nos professeurs travaillaient
February
4 th in Poland with Comenius (written by Anthony Boukraa)
In
the morning we
had a visit to a salt mine in the program, so we left from the school
to the mine with the bus. We spent all the morning in the mine, it
was the first time that I had been to this kind of place, it was a
really new experience for me. We had a guide to show us the mine, a
woman, who answered nicely to our questions. The mine was a really
beautiful place, of course it's only under the ground but it's
impossible to imagine the things that we can see inside when we enter
for the first time. The Poles who built the mine (many years ago)
were very strong and inventive: the mine isn't a dirty mine, just
with corridors.No, this mine is wonderful, with chapels, statues,
reproductions of scenes from the life in a mine, reproductions of a
ballroom (all these things have been cut directly in the stones of
the mine). Then we went to a restaurant for lunch.
Nous avons visité une mine de sel retraçant l'exploitation du sel
Lunch
It was in a restaurant, a little pretty restaurant in
fact. We ate a traditionnal meal: a pea soup. After the pea soup they
gave us a piece of fried chicken and some potatoes. They brought us
coffee and tea to finish the lunch. After this lunch we went to
Krakow university to listen to a conference from two students of the
university about the environment and ecology.
The
Conference at The University
So we went to the university (I must precise that the
university was really beautiful and more modern than French
universities). In this place, two students made us a conference about
ecology, they told us about the issues of the humans to take care of
the Earth, to preserve it. They also did a kind of little game , it
was really cool. After this conference we went downtown Krakow
beacause a guide was waiting to show us the town.
Nous avons assisté à une conférence sur l'environnement à l'université de Cracovie
Our
Visit Downtown
The guide explained some things about this town, about
the traditions and the culture of Krakow. She showed us a castle (she
explained us a little part of the history of this castle) and after
she took us for a walk in the little streets downtown.So during the
walk she showed us a lot of statues, explained us the different
architectural styles of the town, showed us the churches, etc...And
we arrived at the restaurant.
Nous avons eu une visite guidée de Cracovie et de ses petites rues
The
Dinner
The restaurant was in a kind of cellar, it was really
pretty. In this restaurant we ate a traditionnal polish meal which is
named :”Pierogi”. This meal is composed of two kinds of stuffed
pasta: one with spicy meat and the other with a mix of cheese and
potatoe (this meal was really tasty). But we had to eat quickly
beacause we were late for the bus: the bus was waiting for us to
bring us back to the hotel because the foreign students came back to
their countries the next day.
The
Hotel
It was a little hotel near from the airport and we
didn't do a lot of things in there , beacause we were tired and the
next day we had to get up at 4.00 am to go to the airport to take the
aircraft to go back Paris.
My Impressions About This Experience (Anthony
Boukhra)
Just
one word in fact: magic. It was a wonderful and a single experience,
we met a lot of incredible people, a lot of generous people.
Seriously I will never forget this travel, and I recommend it to
everybody who has the possibility to participate to a Comenius
Project. It brings us another way of thinking, really. We discover
cultures and ways of life that we had never imagined before. The only
negative point is: when it is time to leave it is too much painful
because of the magic of the days spent there .
Nous avons découvert une autre culture et je recommande cette expérience unique et magique
Thanks a lot
to all the Polish students especially our correspondents for
welcoming us.
Thanks a lot
to Mrs Coree for initiating Comenius.
Thanks a lot
to the two professors M.Dewasch and Mme. Firon.
Thank
you very much Renata for the program in Gorzyce.
