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I am currently in Poland participating in the PEACE (People's Enthusiasm Acting for Cultural Education) project run by AIESEC SGH at the Warsaw School of Economics with support from the United Nations Development Programme. It is a 2 month internship in which I will be promoting Canadian Culture (along with others from around the world promoting their cultures) to secondary school students in villages and towns throughout the country.

2006 Eastern European Adventure (part II: First week in Warszawa)

Andrew Wozniuk
2006-04-02 10:58:57

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Sunday, February 12, 2006
First week in Warszawa (Pronounced Varshava)

Alrght. In this edition, I will sum up the first week of the PEACE project. I wasn't really able to post anything earlier because we were so busy I barely had any time on my hands. Now I am in the town Łuków and my schedule is a bit more flexible.

To start, I was picked up at the airport and taken to my new accommodations in Warsaw. After quickly settling in, I changed some money at a Kantor and went to a pub with other interns who had arrived as well as the organizing committee for the project. This was a nice introduction to the project and a way to get to know everyone a little bit. Here parties start pretty early (around 8pm going to the bar) and then the last metro is at about 12:30am from the Central Station so most people try to get home by then. However, if you want to, you can stay a lot later and take a night bus home. With this week being as crazy as it was in AIESEC fashion (work all day and party all night), taking the train home at midnight is not so bad since we have to be at the School of Economics at 9am every morning to start our training sessions. We would usually finish the day at about 5 or 6pm and then have a few hours to get ready and get back to the SGH (School of Economics) so that we can continue the events.

During this week, we got to introduce ourselves, speak briefly about where we come from, and learn about the types of students that we will be working with as we work on the project. We were also trained on the types of methods to use to engage them the most (especially since there is a bit of a language barrier sometimes since we are doing these sessions at the schools in English, and the students have varying levels of proficiency. We also did a session on Polish language and culture as well as activities to go around the city so that we get familiarized with Warsaw.

Every night we had some sort ...