This document summarizes a French school trip to Poland over 5 days. It describes their daily activities which included visiting Dresden, seeing Krakow's Old Town and Wawel Castle, the Mocak museum, the former Jewish Ghetto, and spending time with host families. On the last day they visited the Wieliczka salt mine before taking a long 15 hour bus ride back to France. Overall the trip provided cultural experiences and memories for the students despite one disappointing workshop and long bus journey at the end.

1. OUR TRIP TO POLAND !
On Sunday the 1 of December we left
Illkirch early in the morning, ready to spend
9 hours in the bus. We arrived in Dresden in
the evening and we spent the night visiting
the city, especially its wonderful Christmas
market. To finish the day, we slept in a youth
hostel where we had the opportunity to
better know each other.
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2. DZIEN DOBRY !
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Day 1 : 2 of December
Before leaving Dresden, we did a last stop
to see the architecture of the historical
museum of Army.
We arrived in Krakow in the evening and
had a nice welcome from the Polish school.
After a short meeting we went to our
penfriend's families and tasted Polish
traditional dishes.

3. district created by the Soviets after the 2 world war. The
architecture was very interesting because it is a mix
between all architectural styles of the 2nd part of the 20th
century.
In the afternoon we visited the Mocak (Museum Of
Contemporary Art in Krakow) in Podgorze, a district
where many industrial sites are being refurbished into
museums. The Mocak temporary exhibition was quite
creepy, strange and really disturbing.
After that we saw the Ghetto place, where Jewish people
were brought to get deported to Auschwitz/birkenau
concentration camp. It was very impressive and it
brought many emotions. Then we spent a very nice
FIRST in Kaziemierz (theIN POLAND
WAKE UP Jewish district).
evening
Day 2 : 3 of December
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4. I LOVE POLAND !
On Wednesday we met at Wavel's Castle in
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Day 3 : 4 of December
the morning for a visit which was very
enriching.
For the rest of the day, we were let free in
the town between the three visits of
monuments (Pod Sukiennice, St Mary's
Basilica and Jagelonne University).
It was nice being in autonomy because we
could go wherever we wanted and have fun
all together visiting the city. In the evening

5. It was the only day that we didn't really
enjoy. We expected a great moment of
exchange and work with Polish students
who were in architecture section but we
have been very disappointed. The
communication in our group was difficult, we
didn't understand each other and the
instructions weren't clear at all. Fortunatelly,
we had an amazing last night all together
and we danced until getting crazy.
WORKSHOP
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Day 4 : 5 of December

6. GOODBYE PIEROGI !
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After a very 6 ofnight, we left our
Day 5 : short December
penfriends to go to the salt mine of
Wieliczka. It was the most beautiful visit we
did during the trip. It was so impressive to be
so far away below the ground. We ate there
at lunch. After that, we went back to the bus
for a long journey of 15 hours. Even if there
was a snowstorm, we prefered going outside
than staying in the disgusting smell of the
bus... Despite it, we spent a nice last

7. DZIEKUJE MRS COUASNON !
Our first experience of Poland was great
thanks to the good organisation and
because we met nice people. We had a
really nice week and came back to France
with a lot of memories !