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Szczecin Szczecin 2009.03.30– 2009.04.042009.03.30– 2009.04.04

When we arrived When we arrived toto Poland, we Poland, we were were welcomed in a welcomed in a traditiontraditional wayal way – –with with brebreaad and salt. d and salt.

In the 1st evening, we In the 1st evening, we were trying to were trying to introduce oureselintroduce oureselvesves. . We were answering We were answering some some questions. questions.

And we were playing And we were playing traditional Lithuanian traditional Lithuanian games.games.

After all games we After all games we went for awent for a walk in walk in Szczecin where weSzczecin where we saw a few sights of saw a few sights of this city. this city.

The 2nd day startThe 2nd day starteded with our breakfast. All with our breakfast. All people were eating people were eating just like one just like one big big family.family.

After breakfast, we After breakfast, we wentwent to the Polish to the Polish students’ school. students’ school. ThenThen we show we showeded our our presentations presentations on on holidays holidays and we were and we were walking aroundwalking around their their school. school.

Later on that day Later on that day we we we went to thewe went to the technical museum, technical museum, where we where we sawsaw a lot of a lot of interesting things.interesting things.

After amazing After amazing

experimentsexperiments in in the the museum, we came museum, we came back to back to the the hotel, had hotel, had dinner and all dinner and all studentsstudents had fun. had fun.

OOn the 3rd day we n the 3rd day we went to school and went to school and diddid some some Easter Easter eggs, cards and eggs, cards and baskets. We wanted baskets. We wanted to to seesee thethe diferences diferences and similarities and similarities between Lithuanian between Lithuanian and Polish traditions. and Polish traditions.

Later we went Later we went for a cruisefor a cruise onon the the River Odra.River Odra.

AndAnd we we sawsaw a lot of a lot of beautifulbeautiful

views views byby this river. this river.

OOn this day we also n this day we also

played volleyball.played volleyball.

And thAnd theen comes the n comes the 4th day, when we 4th day, when we wentwent to school and to school and decorateddecorated Easter Easter tablestables in a traditional in a traditional wayway. .

WWe e also also cookcookeded some some

traditional Lithuanian traditional Lithuanian and Polish and Polish dishesdishes.. Mmmm…delicious.Mmmm…delicious.

At the At the official official

dinnerdinner, we met , we met thethe Lithuanian Lithuanian consul in consul in SzczecinSzczecin – Mr – Mr Wiesław Wiesław Wierzchoś.Wierzchoś.

And at this time And at this time

LLithuanian peopithuanian peoplle e were singing and were singing and dancing their dancing their countries folk songs countries folk songs and dances. and dances.

PoPolishlish studentsstudents sang sang and danced as well.and danced as well.

After that we all After that we all trtriedied to sing to sing together: together: Lithuanian people Lithuanian people ssaang Polish songs, ng Polish songs, PolPolishish people – people – Lithuanian Lithuanian onesones. .

Here comes 5th day Here comes 5th day

and all students went and all students went toto school to make school to make Lithuanian – Polish, Lithuanian – Polish, Polish – Lithuanian Polish – Lithuanian Easter dictionaries. Easter dictionaries.

After that we had After that we had an an excursion in excursion in

Szczecin with Szczecin with the the history teacher.history teacher.

He told us a lot of He told us a lot of

interesting facts about interesting facts about

this city.this city.

In the evening we In the evening we had a picnic in the had a picnic in the parkpark,, wwhere wehere we ate ate some grilled some grilled sausages and sausages and sang sang songs. songs. WWe had a lot e had a lot of fun.of fun.

In the park we also In the park we also had one of the had one of the funniest Polish funniest Polish EEaster aster tradition – sprinkling tradition – sprinkling with watter. with watter.

6th day – the last day, 6th day – the last day, when we had to say when we had to say goodbye. goodbye.

And And a a lolooooooooong ng

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