Friday - 1st April 2011
Our journey started on Friday from Alicante. We flew to Berlin, Germany. In Alicante airport me and the other girl from Spain, Merche, met the teachers who were going to fly with us.
In Berlin airport we met other Comenius members from Belgium. We continued our journey to Szczecin with the Belgians in a small bus.
When we arrived to Szczecin we went to the hotel where we waited for our host families. I was really nervous. My first impressions were good, because the family was very friendly, honest, nice and religious, but it wasn't a problem.
About the landscape and climate, the weather was cold but it was okay. The cold was different from the cold of Spain, if you put on a coat you were fine, not like in Murcia because here you are cold all the time. The landscape was very beautiful, a little green and grayish, everything seems sad, but I liked it.
The house of my family was a small flat. It was unusual for me. It has only one floor and it had a bathroom without WC, and a toilet separately. It wasn't together, for me it was very strange. The rest of the rooms were the same as mine, with a living room, the kitchen and the bedrooms. But they had religious paintings and photos in all parts of the walls and furniture. I had to pray with the family before eating and I went on Sunday to the church to go to mass. It was my first time!
The school was smaller than ours in Spain but it was more beautiful. The atmosphere of the people was different too, because the students in class were polite, hard working and they were in absolute silence. The teacher could explain perfectly the lessons without interruptions. I would like to be in a class like this, in Spain it is very difficult. Most of the students at school could talk in English and they could have conversations with you. It was a great experience.
The best parts of my trip were: when I sang on the bus and the students and teachers from the Comenius project started applauding me. They invited me to sing in the theatre in a celebration from school, but I didn't accept because I was really embarrased. In addition, when we went to Aleksandra’s house and we made a barbecue, we ate sausages with bread, chips... and some guys and girls took beer for drink. The night was very funny, we got to know ourselves so much better. And the last best part I think it was when we were in a pub called "Kontrast" where there were groups of rock playing and the people of the Comenius project spent the last time together, it was very emotional. Well, also the days of shopping and the evening in the bowling were amazing.
The worst part was saying goodbye to everyone, fortunately we are keeping contact on Facebook.
About the food it was weird and very different from the food in Spain. The soup was made with spaghetti and most of the plates had carrots and hot spices. About the drink, they usually put lemon to the water and one of the favourite juices was the carrot juice instead of orange juice like here in Spain. In this journey I've tried new interesting kinds of food. I hope to go back to Poland again.
Laura Nicolás, 1º Bachillerato Artes
