All Saints have their candle 1

All Saints have their candle
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Just pleasure: eating and sleeping in Konin

Just pleasure: eating and sleeping in Konin
It is already more than half a year since I arrived in Poland. Time goes by so fast, although not all the time: days were so long until now, today dark is taking over the days. After the summer, I have been visiting the city of Konin with my workmates from Stowarzyszenie Na Rrecz Spóldzielni Socjalnych once in a while, roughly ...

Playing in a place called Ursus 2

Playing in a place called Ursus
Forty five minutes by bus from the centre of Warsaw to the East there is a calm and solitary neighbourhood called Ursus. You will not see many people in the street, perhaps at the most an elderly woman who feels like talking with a group of young people. One shop in a corner, one pub ...

On-Arrival Training. Chapter two

On-Arrival Training. Chapter two
On-Arrival Training is said to be an excuse to meet new volunteers and to have the chance to travel all around the country. It’s really a good point! Actually, my friends in Poznan told me before: try to meet someone who is living in Krakow in order to have somewhere to sleep if we ever ...

On-Arrival Training. Chapter one 1

On-Arrival Training. Chapter one
One of the activities you have to do during your EVS is the On-Arrival Training. All European volunteers who have just started their projects in the same country go to meet each other and share different experiences. In Poland, it took place in Warsaw, so it was great for me to visit the Polish capital for the first ...

Easter with (Polish) family 1

Easter with (Polish) family
Foreign people hardly ever have the chance to live the real Easter here in Poland. Family is the essence of this kind of events and celebrations and unfortunately, mine is out of my reach nowadays. On the other hand, experiencing other traditions it’s a great opportunity so I am glad of not having seen those crowded processions ...