2nd STUDENTS’ EXCHANGE IN KONIN POLAND
5th
– 13th October 2018
Austrian Participants: Karina Wolfger, Nina Pausch,
Kilian Zefferer, Theresa Rössler, Lisa Resnicek, Angelina Bischof, Mag. Silke
Felfer, Mag. Bernd Fiechtl
DAY 1
Our trip started in Judenburg at five o’clock in the
morning. We were all very tired but also excited. By bus we drove to Vienna.
Everyone was really looking forward to Poland. When we were near to Vienna
suddenly Lisa screamed that she had forgotten her passport. Now everyone was getting
nervous. We didn’t know if she could fly to Poland with us without a passport,
but Mr. Fiechtl tried his best. Luckily, she could fly without a passport
because we had a copy of it.
Boarding time. We got our tickets and we took a seat
in the plane. We flew about one hour, so not very long. From the sky we were
able to see Poland and it was amazing. We talked about the amazing and great
time we would have in Poland, but no one expected that the time would be so
great. While we were talking and laughing the time was flying by and now we
landed. Very smooth landing.
Here we are. Warsaw. One of the biggest cities we have
been seen in our lifetimes. Everyone starts to smile. We took a walk to our
hotel. Sadly, with our luggage which was very heavy. Arrived at the hotel we
were really surprised from the hotel because it was incredible like Warsaw.
Tired and hungry we searched for something to eat. And
we found something… The fast food-heaven. Every 10 meters was another fast food
shop. McDonalds, Burger King, KFC, Subway, etc… . The best start of a trip ever
and sadly the end of the first day.
DAY 2
Our adventure started on Saturday, the 6th
of October 2018, at nine in the morning. With breakfast! After the delicious
meal, we enjoyed our perfectly organised trip through Warsaw. We saw the
beautiful shopping mall, the museum of Polish jews and a lot of nice
restaurants (like MacDonald’s).
DAY 3
On the next day we had a very interesting (and
healthy) city tour. Warsaw is a really nice and pretty city and the Polish
people were very friendly, so we kept everything we had taken with us.
In the evening of Sunday, the 7th we got
picked up by the Danish delegation and we went by bus to Konin to our host
families. After the big party in the little bus we arrived at the wonderful
city Konin together with our teachers. Everyone was really happy to see friends
from different countries and we had also enjoyed the short time together in the
bus, before the exhausting week started.
DAY 4
Our official Erasmus+ week started on Monday, 8th
October 2018. After the first night with the family, we met at 8:30 a.m. on
Monday at school. We played games to get to know each other at the beginning of
the day. We played ice-breaker activities where we made a lot of new friends
and after some time we remembered all the names of the classmates. After that,
we split into 2 groups and visited the Polish school. We saw the younger
students in the music hall singing a Polish song to us as well. Then we were in
the science room and in the gym. Then we visited other classrooms and finally
we went to the secretary's office, where we also welcomed the headmaster. After
the visit of the school, we went back into our room and there we played more
ice-breaking games with a big colorful cloth and we also sang a Polish song and
danced to it. After that, there was the logo competition. All the logos were
suspended, and we went in groups, and everyone had to write the number that he
liked best on a piece of paper. Later, the teachers announced the result and
one of the Austrian group, Wolfger Karina, won the contest. At 12 o'clock we
went for lunch and then we took the bus to the city, where we had an official
reception with the Mayor of Konin. There we all sat down, and we got water and
biscuits and a small gift containing a pen, a small book, a magnet and a key
fob. This gift has been given to every student. The rest of the day we had free
time and I think that the first day was very exciting and funny!
DAY 5
On Tuesday the 9th October we started our
day at 9 o’clock. First, we had an interesting workshop with M. Baranowski, who
is a professional cameraman, editor and designer for TVN (a polish TV channel).
He showed us in an interesting way how we can create perfect films on our own.
We learned, that you must only know a few important things and don’t need a
perfect camera for a perfect film. After that we were able to try this and made
our own short films.
After lunch M. Baranowski filmed our amazing lipdub.
The lipdub was a mix of six different songs and we had to perform, dance and
move our lips to this, but the funniest thing was that a huge number of Polish
students and especially all the teachers dressed up for this video. So, at the
end of the week, we watched the result of this amazing day and couldn’t stop
laughing about all the curious costumes and the small mistakes that happened to
us.
DAY 6
On Wednesday our Polish partners had prepared an urban
game in the city centre. We walked around in the city and had to solve
different challenges. This way we got to know our exchange students and also
the city. We spent our afternoon with our family, who carried out different
activities.
DAY 7
On Thursday we went to one of the most famous cities
in Poland called Łodz (pronounced like “WUTSCH”). Łodz has about 700 000
inhabitants, is located in the middle of Poland and has an area about
296 000 km². Our first stop on this special day was 20 kilometres before
the city Łodz, there we watched a recreated wall of the 20th century especially
from the 2nd World War. The city is famous for its textile industry,
and because of that our next stop was in the near of a factory quarter, we went
there for about 10 minutes. Our travel guide, who was born in the near of Łodz
told us the history about this “special” city, therefore we took a walk about
the factory and watched the incredible building.
After exploring the city, we went to a theatre, where
Witkor, one of the Polish friends, had to act with another actor on the stage.
Further we had to play games relating to acting – you had to trust everybody,
because to trust is one of the most important aspect to be prepared for a
stage.
After a while walking in the city, we came to a big
place, who had been the centre of another factory a few decades ago. There were
shops, cafés, restaurants and also the laser house, where we entered for the
last hours of our journey in unforgettable Łodz. The game took about half an
hour for one group, then the second group of our Erasmus+ Project had their
turn.
DAY 8
On Friday, the 12th of October, we met at
school in Konin at ten o’clock. The Polish students and their exchange students
from Denmark, Spain and Austria played games called “How well do we know each
other”. This included a funny game in where we had to clap the hand of our
neighbours and take our clothes off.
Our next stop was the Niagara hotel, where everyone –
even some teachers – bowled. After that we had a break for about one and a half
hours for having lunch and changing our clothes. The next item on the agenda
was the “farewell party” which started at four o’clock p.m. and lasted until
half past six p.m. Everyone liked the music and – of course – the delicious
food. The special Erasmus cake was the highlight at the good buffet.
In the evening at seven o’clock we went into the
“Escape Room” in Konin, which was a very scary, but an interesting experience.
A few minutes after we had finished the “Escape Room” all students from
Denmark, Spain, Poland and Austria met again. At the end of this amazing day we
played the clap game again and laughed a lot. After we had taken a few pictures
it was time to say goodbye to the Danish students because they had to leave at
seven o’clock in the morning on the next day.
DAY 9
Today was the last day of our amazing trip. We all had
made good friends with everyone. It was so sad. We woke up got a breakfast and
enjoyed the last hours with our host families. Then we went to a supermarket
where we met the Spanish group and some of the Polish people for the last time.
Everyone was crying. You could see the tears and the sadness in everyone’s
eyes. We hugged each other for like half an hour. Most of the people cried.
Than we were going back to Warsaw by bus. Everything you were able to hear in
the bus was silence. However, just for the first fifteen minutes, after this
time we had a lot of fun again. Maybe this were the fastest nine days ever.
As soon as we arrived at the airport we checked in.
After check in we had to wait. We enjoyed the last few minutes at the airport
before we got onboard. Again, we took a seat in the plane. After one hour of
flying we were all happy to be in Austria again and now we were all really
looking forward to meet our families.
Erasmus was an amazing project which no one of us will
never forget in his or her life. We learned about new cultures a little bit of
new languages and we made new friend (you can almost say families).
Big thanks to our school and the EU but especially Mr.
Fiechtl and Mrs. Felfer for this incredible trip.
Text
written by Karina Wolfger, Nina Pausch, Kilian Zefferer, Theresa Rössler, Lisa
Resnicek, Angelina Bischof
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