Hi Warsaw 306,

I’m Sarah, your Australian volunteer for the next 3 months. I am very excited to be working at your school and I hope we can have a lot of fun together.

Back in Australia I live in a city called Melbourne. It’s on the south-eastern coast of Australia and has a population of about 4 million people. It will be summer in Melbourne while I am here in Poland and, believe me, it can get very, very hot. Some summer days are over 40°C!

I arrived in Warsaw a week and half ago and I have spent most of my time learning about teaching and eating pierogi, yum! For my first week I was staying with 12 other volunteers from Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and Australia. Together we explored Marszałkowska Street and the Old Town. One of my favourite things that I have seen so far is the mermaid statue in Old Town Square. I was very interested to learn about how she came to be the guardian of the city.

So far I have had a great time in Warsaw. I’ll keep you updated on this blog about my other travels too!

See you all in class,

Sarah

Here I am (that’s me in the stripes) with all the other volunteers learning about teaching!