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13th and 19th of May 2019, the delegations from "Romeo Constantinescu” Technological High School, "Cella Vinaria" Secondary School and "Miejski Zespół Szkół w Świeradowie-Zdroju" School took part in the activities of the project Dialogic Revolution Erasmus+ in Kostkowo, Poland. The teams were made by the next members:
Romanian team: 3 teachers and 8 students.
Świeradowie-Zdroj team: 4 teachers and 8 students
Spanish team: 3 teachers 15 students and 1 family representative.
The teachers stayed at Hotel Mistral Sport in Gniewino and the students were hosted by Polish families with the exception of part of Świeradowie-Zdroj team that were hosted in Kostkowo school building.
The project coordinator welcomed Romanian team at the airport and they waited together for the Spanish team to arrive.(Świeradowie-Zdroj team arrived the next day in the morning after a log trip by train).
On Monday, 13th May the teams met at the host school Samorzadowa Szkola Podstawowa in Kostkowo, an interesting building, since in addition to the two floors, at the ground floor there are classrooms adapted for preschool education, a kitchen and a canteen.
Where students had lunch. In the ground floor hall we met Joanna, the project cooordinator who presented us the program and the activities to be carried out. We visited the school and we discovered national symbols and greeting messages in Romanian, Spanish and Polish displayed on various classroom doors.
Our host showed us the map of Poland along with the other states of the European Union and compared the three countries involved in the project (inhabitants, economy, territory, national symbols etc). Some Polish outstanding figures such as Maria Curie Sklodowska, Chopin, Lech Walesa, Copernic, Pope John Paul II were presented.The students perfomed the plays they prepared, starting from several local legends. One of the legends referred to Kaszub, an angel who went to God to ask Him to turn the dry soil of Pomerania into a fertile one. God fulfilled his wish and the desert became a rich land.
Then the teams visited the Kaszubskie Oko (the Kashubian Eye) – an important tourist attraction, a real lookout tower from where you can see the Zarnowieckie Lake and the Baltic Sea. We could admire the view from a height of 44 m. The viewing platform can be reached by walking up 212 stairs, or by using a lift which goes up 36m. Inside the tower there are temporary exhibitions, a souvenir shop and a tourist information point. Another legend presented the fight with the dragon. The props were made by the students, helped by their parents or relatives.
The next day, after the meeting at school, we attended a culinary workshop, held at Victoria Hotel in Bolszewo. The students, under the guidance of a chef, have prepared three kinds of food. After lunch we visited the city of Sopot, port to the Baltic Sea. We walked on the longest wooden pier in Europe. This venue is popular for those who love healthy walks.
The next stop was at the Adventure Park Gdynia. Once the students showed their skills in climbing or crossing some suspended bridges they roasted sausages at the camp fire.
On Wednesday, May 15, we visited the city of Gdansk. Teachers and students could discover this amazing town thanks to a tourist guide that showed us a lot of historical mysteries and the role of this town in different and important moments of the history. Curiously, we found out that Donald Tusk, the current President of The European Union lives there and the Romanian team remembered how highly he spoke about Romania, about Romanian culture and literature. The students enjoyed themselves in the trampoline park and then the teachers went to see a ballet performance at Wejherowo Cultural Centre.
On Thursday, we visited Malbork Castle, the biggest medieval brick castle in the world. We were amazed by the interior of the castle, as well as by the advanced heating methods, foreshadowing today's underfloor heating. We visited the Museum of the castle and the rooms dedicated to amber which was considered the Polish Gold.
On Friday, the last day of tthe meeting, we met at school where we had the final evaluation and then we visited Gdynia. In this town, we could walk around the port and beach. Then, we went to the train station to say goodbye to Świeradowie-Zdroj team. Later the rest of groups came back to Kostkowo to spend the last night before starting the trip back to our countries.
This project represented an amazing experience for our students who formed real friendship bonds with the students from the all countries involved. They were all sad to say goodbye, regretting the time passed so quickly. We felt that the Romanian, the Spanish and the Polish people have a lot in common and we are looking forward to meeting again in October, in Romania, at „Romeo Constantinescu” Technological High School, Valenii de Munte.
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