Student impressions -Poland
I remember when my school mates were doing the first presentation about Comenius Project. They were saying that the biggest deal in this project was friendship. I ignored them and turn my back. But when i had a part in this project. I finally believed that this project was one of my biggest experience in my life...
I want to thank everyone starting from my host, Adam Lodkowski ..:) Thank you for everything man! Everything was awesome. I made a lot of friends who deeply effected my life. I saw another lifestyle and culture and compered with my country.
I think every student should have a chance to participate Comenius Project because this project gains you a lot od things which makes differences in your life.
It's such a pity that this term of project is over, but i recommend every student to join this international home...:)
R.Aral Akyan
Ä°stanbul-Turkey
Comenius Poland meeting was sadly the last meeting. When we first started this project we never expected to have such a big family. This was an amazing journey. I felt like I was at home with my host family. I learned a lot about Wroclaw. Thanks for my host sister, she showed me the city and their culture. I get a lot of friends from different countries. Times that we spent together were unforgettable. Comenius became more than a project to me with Poland meeting. It was sadly the last but the best. I love every friend that I gain with Comenius.
Zülal Koç
Ä°stanbul-Turkey
I think that our trip to Poland was the best thing we could do, despite the fact that we had a lot of exams. Comenius program makes students learn about different cultures and biodiversity and have fun at the same time. People were surprisingly nice, and I made some Polish friends. I found it a little shocking that people are really into religion. In Spain, people my age don't usually believe in God, and Christian schools are full of people who don't believe, but in Poland, it's a really important part of their daily life. We did a lot of things together, such as eating delicious spicy pizza, going bowling, visiting the old town... It's a very beautiful city which deserves to be more famous. Even the mayor of the city was nice! We were given a lot of presents, and we had a party at school the last day. We all cried when we had to leave (except Roi, because he is a really plain and quiet boy). I want to go back to Poland one day, because it was one of the best experiences I've had in my life. The only thing I missed from Spain was the food.
Jimena Martínez Couñago
I think that the Comenius Project is the best thing I have ever done. I have known a lot of amazing people who make me feel really happy. I miss them a lot.
In Poland we did a lot of interesting things. We did rafting and it was extremely exciting. It was my first time doing rafting so I will never forget it. We also saw the aquarium in Wroclaw. I saw a lot of different species that I had never seen before. We also went to a big and rocky mountain. In this mountain, my biology teacher showed me a fetus. This species of fetus is from the tertiary, so I was really surprised.
In my free time I visited the Queen Daisy Castle and I visited the town: the Sky Tower, the Market Square...I loved Polish architecture a lot .It was very impressive for me because there are only a few buildings in Spain which have those facades. I don't know if it's like that in every city in Poland, but I loved Wroclaw.
I think and I hope I will never forget this amazing and fantastic week.
Iago Placer Dalama
This experience was amazing. We went to a lot of places and we had a very good time with our new friends. They are incredible people.
We did a lot of trips, like going rafting, visiting monuments, going to the cathedral, etc. We learnt a lot of interesting things, like the orange alternative and the history of some places.
It was also great when we had free time because we did a lot of funny things.
Definitely, it was so nice.
Roi Ferraces Souto
I had a really good time in Poland. The city of Wroclaw and the Polish people were amazing. I went to the house of the girl who came to my house in Spain: Kasia. She and her parents were very nice with me, and it made me feel good.
We visited the city on Sunday and then the Polish people took us to a very nice performance. We did rafting and we went to a mountain. It all was so tiring but it was worth it. I would like to visit Poland soon, I was so sad when we left.
I met a girl from Reunion, her name is Bernadette, and she was in the same house as me. Both of them are amazing, and I hope we can meet together as soon as possible. Meeting people from other countries and becoming friends is the best experience I think, and I’m so thankful to the project for giving me the opportunity to meet all of them. I’ll never forget those people, and all the things we did.
Natalia Mirás
My Comenius experience started in October, 2014. The first meeting I went to was in Spain, my country, and I hosted a girl from Reunion Island in my house, Vaniah. At first I was very nervous because I had never had an unknown person for a week in my house, and I didn’t know how to act, what I should do. But when I met her, the fear disappeared. She was so nice and friendly, and it wasn't hard for me to speak with her, it was so easy because she had a good level of English and she pronounced everything so well, I could understand what she meant and answer her without thinking a lot. We visited lots of places in Galicia, like the sand dunes in Corrubedo or the river Eume, and everyone seemed to like the places we went to. I met lots of people in this meeting, and I made really good friends. The most difficult part, no doubt, was to say goodbye. You don't know if you are going to see them again, you don't want to lose the friendships that you have made in that week. But, at least I was going to go to Poland a few months later, so I thought that I didn't have to be so sad.
I waited and waited until the day arrived. 30th June, 2015. We caught a plane from Porto (Portugal) to Frankfurt (Germany) and then another one to Wroclaw, in Poland. There I saw Kasia again, one of the girls who had come to Spain in October and one of the friends I made thanks to this project, and I met Karolina the girl who was going to host me in her house) and William (a French boy who was going to stay at Karolina's house too) and I liked them so much, they were really nice. We visited a lot of places in Poland, we made a lot of activities (like climbing a mountain, rafting...) and we had the chance to get to know better the city we were in; I loved it. Wroclaw is clearly one of my favourite cities in the world from now. We learned a lot and visited churches, museums, squares... We discovered new ways to live and we learned a lot of other cultures, sharing feelings, thoughts, new experiences and unforgettable moments. We laughed, we sang together and we had fun. We made friends for life. And we cried, we cried when we had to say goodbye, we cried because it was the last meeting, the end of a 2-year project which had let us learn, travel all around Europe and meet some of the best people of each country. We wanted to meet again. I didn't want to say goodbye, I just wanted it to be endless, to be able to see each other whenever we wanted to, but I knew that it had to end. Every good thing in life ends.
Some of the best and funniest memories of my life are in my head and, of course, in my heart thanks to this project, and that's something that I will never forget. The Comenius is for sure the best project I've been in, and I'm so glad to be able to say that I was one of the students who participated in it. The friends that I made, all the people I met, everything I learned, the places I visited... It will stay with me for the rest of my life. So I won't say "goodbye" to my Polish, French, Cypriot, Turkish, Romanian and Portuguese friends or to Poland. I will say "see you soon".
Carla Vilas Castro
In my journey in Poland I have seen many interesting and wonderful places. My host, Grzegorz and his brother showed me the most beautiful places from Wroclaw and this is one of the reasons I must thank them. Together we visited Sky Tower, a very high building of the Wroclaw and from the top it can seen a great view of the city. We visited the Cathedral of John the Baptist and many churches, very different from the churches of my country. I liked very much the rafting, when we had to row 12 km together with our Polish friends. Enjoyable was also the trip on the mountain where we saw many spectacular views. But most of all, I liked the farewell party, when we danced and laughed a lot.
My host family where I stayed for 4 days was very welcoming and warm. They behaved very nice with me and I thank them for their hospitality.
I want to thank especially to Grzegorz and his brother for being so good to me. I think we’ll keep in touch on Facebook.
Florian Mihart, Romania
A fantastic week spent in Poland came to an end. I can only say it was much better than I had imagined.
All started with a long and boring trip, but followed by 4 story days in wonderful Wroclaw city. I am so glad that I just saw the European Capital of Culture from 2016, so I will be able to tell my friends about the wonderful historical, cultural, touristic places from the city.
For me, the most important was to establish close relationships with the students of my age from different countries.
Thanks a lot for this opportunity ... because I learned English and I met lots of interesting people from all the countries, I had the chance to communicate with them and I learned about their culture… It’s a memory that will live forever in my heart.
Moreover, the project has allowed me to live with my host parents and I want to thank them a lot because they treated me with so much love, like I have been their child.
I don't want to say "Good bye" because I want to believe that we'll see again ...sometime and we'll remember all these. I love you, Comenius!
Mircea Ivan, Romania
I had never been in a project like this and I think it was an unforgettable experience. I liked a lot the city where we stayed and the people of there too, because they were very friendly with me. We had a very interesting program, but the most I liked the rafting, especially when we splashed each other with water.
I also liked the film contest, I watched with pleasure every country presentation, a lot of beautiful images from different places, students and teachers together, fun, friendship, it was really nice. I am glad to take part in this big Comenius adventure.
I don't want to end before I thank to Adam and his family for their hospitality. I think I was so lucky to have him as my partner because he knew how to be my best friend during the staying in Wroclaw.
Codru?? SÄ?lcianu, Romania
"Sometimes a few words are more effective than a long text to express how amazing something is. So I would just say: Poland is a wonderful country, I felt like home there with great welcoming friends to which I say "See you soon in Wroc??aw, the meeting place"
PS: DziÄ?kujÄ? to everybody for the unforgettable moments I had the chance to share with you there!
William
I really loved this meeting: it was the last (but not the least) and it built strong link between all the students and the teachers I think and I hope that was not the last time we met us... Like the previous one I think that the meeting was too short but however we create a big friendship all together. I would just have preferred to use the time we had to meet the other people from the project. But those days was really perfect and we saw the attention of the Polish to make us enjoy and discover the country and the city who was really for us and I really want to say thank you for this beautiful moments we spent together.
Antoine
This trip was fantastic! I don’t have enough words to explain how much I loved this experience!
My host and her family were so kind with me. I love them so much now!
I met a lot of fantastic people (from Spain , Portugal, Turkey… ) and the Polish team was perfect !! I’m sad that we didn’t spend more time together… I spent one of the best time of my life with them. Before this trip I didn’t know that we could be friend so easily with people with a different culture but now I know: it’s possible!
All the activities we did (rafting, visiting the city…) were funny! The Polish team did the best for us! It was a good way to see new places, new culture. What do I love the most? I can’t answer because I love everything! The people, the landscape, the polish language (even if it’s really complicated! ) the food!! I will miss this beautiful city!
Because it was a perfect meeting I didn’t want to say good bye… I will come back to Wroclaw, I have to!
I’m so thankful to all the teachers who created this project, and more specifically to my teacher who did a lot for us, I don’t know how to explain how much this things were important for me: thank you!
It is the best project in my life! I’ll never forget it!
Bernadette