Trip to Poland
The first day we
spent on wheels if I can say so, because we travelled by bus, by plane, by bus again and by train we
reached our final destination Bialystok. I was tired, excited and impatient to
meet the other participants in the project. When we arrived in Bialystok it was pretty late, it was cold and
it was raining. We didn’t know the direction to the hotel, so we had to ask few
people. They were kind enough to help us.
The second day we
went to Zespół Szkół Mechanicznych, the school was really big and beautiful. From
the presentations I learned a lot about other counties’ traditional food. After
that we had “a little” tour around the school where they showed us the special
class rooms where the boys are studying things like: engine control diagnostics,
car diagnostics, usable metalwork, etc.
The teachers we met were so
kind and friendly. I also had the chance to talk with few students that weren’t
in the project and they were very friendly and curious about our country.
During the sport activities we
got really close, it’s like when we were playing there weren’t languages
barriers.
Later in the day we went on a
sightseeing tour of Bialystok. Although it was cold we enjoyed and made
pictures of every building we saw.
After the sightseeing we went
to karaoke, where we had so much fun! We sang many songs, the polish boys were
so kind to ask every girl for a dance. The dinner was with variety of regional
polish products, and it was really delicious.
The third day we
went to Bialowieski Park. There was my first time seeing buffalos. We were in the forest where
the air was clean, it was also very quiet far away. Few hours of relaxing from
the busy city.
Later
in the day we got to ride an old railway trolley in Bialowieski Forest
all by ourselves. Just like the cartoons from my childhood I was really excited
to ride on an old railway trolley. Before it was just a dream, but in Poland became
reality with really good experience and memories. We had so much fun!
The fourth day was our last day with everyone, so we made sure to spend great time in Warsaw. We went to a
sightseeing tour in the old city of Warsaw.
There was a building in which walls had a bullet holes from World War II, I
will remember this building for a long time. We also saw a polish wedding
couple.
After
that we went to the most interesting place in the whole trip and that was
Copernicus Science Centre. There I was put in giant bubble which was so
amazing! There we were able to make physics experiments all by ourselves. They were made like games, so that everyone from kids
to grandparents could enjoy and make them. So we were learning by playing.
And
in the end of the day the Polish team sent
us to our hostel. We felt like crying because we knew that we wouldn’t see them
again. Thank God there’s internet and facebook so we can talk and remembering
the good time we spend in Poland.
The fifth day came and we went to the
airport for our flight to Bulgaria.
I left Poland with one thought in my head - I want to go back one day to see
more from this beautiful and interesting country!
Gloria Dimitrova
