Ok so this week I have been preparing for my after Poland trip. So far I have one travel buddy Emily, she is from Australia. Together we are going to travel through Europe starting from England, Ireland, Morocco, Spain, Amsterdam and Germany. I'm soooo excited to START MY ADVENTURE! 

Poland has been an amazing experience for me, I think what has changed most about me is my ability to think outside the box. This means I learned to handle difficult tasks that I haven't faced before and learned from my mistakes and experiences. I also think my knowledge has been enriched with Polish people, food and culture and I will make sure to share this knowledge with my family and friends. 

Also I am forever grateful to my host family for having to put up with me for the last four months, they helped me have one of the best experiences of my life, I will miss my host brothers so much when I return home. I wish I will be able to see them when they grow into young men. P.S my host mum Anna's cooking was AMAZING! P.S the school food was also DELICIOUS. Also my mentor, Beata was the backbone of my trip, without her support I don't think I would have had such an amazing journey :D Will miss my students dearly, I just hope they learn something about New Zealand and hopefully English Skills.

Dominique:)

So this week has been boiling hot! and soaking wet. At one point it reached 40 degrees outside that's crazy weather for a New Zealander! Lucky my host family set up a pool in the back yard I was so excited when I came home to warm water to cool in. I also went to ORANGE FESTIVAL this weekend. 

It's a festival that goes for 3 days with massive stars like Lily Allen to Snoop Dog. My favourite part of the whole festival was seeing Florence and the Machines During her performance the whole crowd was covered in glitter and Giant Balls. Although the festival was half inside half outside, when Snoop Dog was playing it started to poor down, none the less the atmosphere the crowd had no one cared about the rain and just enjoyed the music AWESOME AWESOME weekend!

This week I was able to go to an amazing adventure park with my host family. 

I had to climb wires and swing from only a rope to a small platform and use a flying fox to finish. I was able to climb the second hardest level with much difficulty and sweat while my host brother were on level 1.

It was so fun I wish I could do it every week. I was also able to spend some time in my friends placements and experience what they go through without a host family. 

They live inside their school on the third floor. We also had a mini hike as there was a nature walk right next to their school.

Dominique:)

This week I felt a bit adventurous and explored my neighborhood. I was really bored after school finished one day and so I decided to get some exercise and look at the natural beauty around me. I was able to discover a dirt track that amazingly ended up at the local Biedronka (I'm not sure if this is spelt correctly) lady bug?? Also this weekend I discovered that there's such a thing as National Children's Day, it was awesome to visit a mini carnival with my host family, my host brother played forever on an inflatable slide :)

I am proud to say that whilst my stay with my host family I was able to teach my host to create an origami Lily. It took much effort and patience but he was able to create a pretty flower. 

This Sunday was my host mothers birthday, it was the first time I heard the polish version of happy birthday song, we had cake and delicious pizza I'm glad I was able to share this experience with my family:) 

Dominique:)