SUMMARY OF TRAVELING TO KRAKOW

Once in school, our English teacher prof. Vladimir Janež mentioned something about project Viribus Unitis-Help the world with joint efforts. I inquired about this project and find out that we will have to opportunity to travel in Poland, Krakow. Because I like to travel I signed up for this project.

In first meeting in our school we divided into groups. I was in group with my classmate Jon and we had to research the meaning of carbon dioxide. All groups made presentations of their topic and we were ready to present it in Krakow.

We gathered in Ljubljana on the main train station from where we started our journey to Poland. The ride was 14 hours long and we had the chance to get to know each other. In the early morning we arrived in Krakow. I meet my new host Bartosz  and I went  home with him to have real Polish breakfast. Later we went to tour around the city with Bartosz, Andrzej, Jon and me. 

On Tuesday we went around the Krakow and learned how important this city is for Polish culture. On Wednesday we had to present our presentations. It was already Thursday and we went to Wieliczka Salt mine which is one of the oldest mine, still operating. On Friday we had to say goodbye to our 1 week families and Jon and me went to Krakow Głowny which is main train station, from where we headed in Auschwitz. It was really interesting and terrible to see gas chambers and places of 

Auschwitz. In the evening we headed on the train for Slovenia.

I must say that Krakow is really beautiful city and people are very friendly. For my host family I can say only positive things. They accepted me like I was one of them and I really enjoyed staying with them. If I get another chance to visit Krakow I certainly won't miss it.

Tom Šraj

My impressions from Krakow

When I got the invitation to join the Viribus Unitis - help the world with joint efforts project I was first skeptic but after some thinking I realized that it is a great opportunity to learn something new. So I joined the group and we made a short survey video about ecological footprint. And then came the day to sit on the train and visit Krakow. At home, I checked some facts about Krakow because I didn't know anything about the city and realized that I can't wait to see it. When we came there we have gotten a nice reception from people and that made a big impression on me. After some days there I realized that people in Krakow are extremely friendly and most of them know how to speak in English so I didn't have problems with communication.

The main square

We were there for five days and we visited the hosting school, Wieliczka salt mine and Auschwitz. We had a guided tour around the city and we visited Wawel castle, underground museum and other historical buildings and sights.

On Thursday night we also went to Stalowe Magnolie bar, where we spent the evening listening to live music. The singers name was Ania Dudek and she sings really good.

Krakow is a beautiful city with a lot of history. I was so fascinated about it and I still am, so that's why I made a lot of pictures of the city (some of them you can check out on this link:                       http://www.flickr.com/photos/117351075@N07/sets/72157641831944443/)

Unfortunately I learned only two polish words proszę (please) and dziękuję (thank you) and I learned that from our professor Jože Iskra. 

Coffee

One of the things I will probably miss from Krakow is Polish coffee because every coffee I drank there tasted very good.

And for the end I can say that I am looking forward to visit Krakow again!

Aleš Klopčič

My impressions of Krakow, Poland

My name is Jovan and in this post, I will write about my expectations and impressions about the city of Krakow, Poland. We have been there for one week.

We had the task to make a survey video about ecological footprint. As a result we traveled to Poland and participated in 6th Viribus Unitis meeting in Krakow.

 If I am honest, at first, I didn’t expect much from Poland. At first the city seemed a lot like Ljubljana, but later we realized it is nothing like that.

One of the things that I don’t like about Krakow is really bad air pollution; it’s three times higher as it should be. One of the first things that we did when we arrived was taking a walk to the city’s main square, which is one of the most beautiful and biggest squares in Europe. We (Slovenians) once decided to walk around the city on side-streets so we would get more impressions about rhythm of life in Krakow and people's lifestyle. We figured out that the city can be very loud. It has some very peaceful parts though. One night, we went to a bar called Stalowe Magnolie, which has quite special style. At the beginning I wasn’t sure if I like it. But thanks to the company and good music we had a great time there.

We also visited the Wieliczka salt mine, one of the world’s oldest salt mines still operating. Thinking it is just another mine, we went in and were astonished how big it is and also how many chapels are there, we never thought that the miners were so religious. After the tour you can also buy salt that has been dug there.

Till the end of the week, we visited the underground museum, castle and other history sights in Krakow. Because I like history, I was really interested, what Poland has to offer about that. I never heard much about their history though. We learned a lot about the history of Jagiellonians to Polish kings and much more.

Professor Jože Iskra also teached me some of the Polish words, for example: dziękuję (thank you), proszę (please), dobry (good) and couple more.

So at the end of the day, if you’d ask me would I go to Poland again, I would say yes.