Hello Warsaw 306!
It’s been a busy few weeks for me both in
and around Warsaw – and abroad! I
apologize for the lack of blog updates, but better late than never. Here is a brief recap of the adventures of
Allyson over the past few weeks/weekends…
After the Kazimierz Dolny day trip, I had
another fun week of teaching with the older kids at school – I really love how
into my lessons they get. We learned
about Life in the USA and American Thanksgiving, which was celebrated on November,
22nd. After making “Thankful
Turkey Collages” in my classes, it was time to celebrate the real way with the only family I have in
Europe – my British uncles!
I arrived in London late on Thursday night
(Nov. 22nd) and enjoyed a very atypical Thanksgiving dinner with a fantastic
group of Brits. The rest of the weekend
was spent relaxing in my Uncle’s hometown of Aylesbury and sightseeing in
Cambridge!
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The day after Thanksgiving was spent shopping and
sightseeing in Cambridge, England!
Upon returning from my Thanksgiving
holiday, I hit the ground running with a few days of teaching, capping the week
off with the Lady Pank concert with my hosts!
Though I couldn’t understand a word of the concert, it was still fun to
hear a sampling of Polish music…and to see people get so into it.
Sala Kongresowa was rocking for the Lady Pank
Anniversary Concert!
After an exhausting week of traveling,
teaching, and concert-going, I decided to spend a break weekend in Warsaw the
last weekend of November – preparing for the full-on festivities that were to
come in Stockholm the following week! I
and three of the other Lattitude volunteers had a traditional Polish lunch in
Old Town on Friday (Nov. 30th), followed up by a tour of the Muzeum
Techniki. The latter was pretty
interesting… The exhibits ranged from
showcasing various cars from Hollywood movies, to highlighting the
technological advances in cell phones. I
could even remember using some of the “historical technology” – like ancient
cell phones and computers – in my youth!
With one of the many famous movie cars – Tow Mater from the movie Cars!
And finally that brings us to my most recent
weekend here in Warsaw – which I actually spent romping around Stockholm! I know Poland gets cold during the winter,
but I’m not sure we can compete with Sweden.
I arrived in Stockholm last Thursday afternoon and was welcomed by -12
°C…shocking to say the least!
Despite the cold, however, we had an
amazing time. We took a bus tour,
explored a formerly sunken Viking war ship, and met some amazing Irish and
Australian folks at our hostel! As an
added bonus for me, I got to learn more about the Swedish Royal family…yet
another Monarchy I can follow! Very
exciting…
In front of the Vasa Museum which houses a 300+
year-old Viking war ship!
I’m off to Paris and Prague for Christmas
with my family (first time I’ll have seen them since August!) next weekend and
it’s hard to believe that I only have 5 more weeks left here in fabulous Bemowo.
More updates to come, I promise!
