MY DIARY: Julia

1. MY DIARY:Julia

2. 25.04 The first day: At 8 pm they arrived. Everybody was happy. We welcomed them and we went home. Partners got to know the family. AlthoughCarolina had dinner and went to bed verytired, shetold me what she was doingin the past few months.

3. 26.04 the second day: Unfortunately, only Cyprus partners wnet on a trip to Czestochowa. My partner returned hometired and wearyafter a long day,and went to bedalmostimmediately. Shetold me that all the time she was happy and smiled a lot.

4. 27.04 The third day: Sunday with the family. So I got up as usual and hadbreakfast. I went to the Ogrodzieniec Castle and Birów with Monika, George and Petros. Aftershort sightseeing we ate ice cream and went back homefor dinner. In the afternoon, we went to Mirów and Bobolice castleswhere we had met Natalia and Antonio. We took lots of interesting photos. The weather was great. When we returned home we played the Xbox gamesand laughed a lot! It was the coolest adventure sincethebeginning of theexchangein Poland.

5. 28.04/29.04 The fourthand thefifthday: I went to school for thelessonsstartingat 8 AM. I had chicken soup and pork cutletat school. In the afternoon me and my partner went to Zawiercie. First, I showedherthe city fountains and otherinteresting pictures, then we went to therestaurant to eatpizza. Repleted withfood, we left for home. We met Monika at the bus stop and took a strollaroundZawiercie. We had some ice creams and returned home. Carolina began to study and thenfellasleep. The next daywasn’t interesting because Cypriots went on another trip and I was at school.

6. 30.04 The sixth day: We hadlesson until 11.30 AM and then we had a play. It was very interesting. Our partners seemed to likeour play. Everyone played their roles well, and then we started to draw pictures and we discovered a few art. talents. I returned home with Carolina and had a quick dinner. It was so as at 2 PMCypriotsweregoing to the AuschwitzConcentrationCamp. As usual, I was at home and did not go on a tripwiththem. When Carolina returned about 8 pm shewasn’tt happy because the place distressedher. She was tired as usual.

7. 1.05 the seventh day: Thursday – both groups went together on a trip… At last! We went to the Adrenaline Park in Ogrodzieniec. Everyone was happy. We had to go the rope course, but some people including me were afraid as the ropes were a few meters above the ground. We could not wait a minute longer to eat „prażonki” (baked potatoes with vegetables). Then, we visitedthecastlein Ogrodzieniec, but this time it was a different because bothgroupsenteredthecastleatthe same time – up to that moment onlyCypriotsweregoing on trips.We boughtsome souvenirs from the castle. When we got back, we ate cake and went to the Wieliczka Salt Mine. We toured the minefor about three hours, howeverit was worthour time. Then we went tothe KFC and around 10 pm we were home. Weary and luckily we went to sleep.

8. 2.05 The eighth day: We went to Cracow for theentireday. We visited the WawelCastle and St. Mary's Church; theywerebeautiful places, but we wereupset by theenormousnumber of touristswhowanted to visitthem as well. Then we went to eat dinner, and nextwe had free time to buy souvenirs. Duringthefree time our partnersatesome ice creams and visited the Sukiennice. We got time to visit gallerieswhere we did a lot of things. When we returned home all we wanted to do was to go to sleep. Although we were very excited, don’tget me wrong!Therearereally nice placesinPoland of which we can be proud.

9. 3.05 The ninth day: Bright and early, we went to Zakopane. Weweretired, not well rested, and spent 3 hoursin a coach. When wehadarrived it started to rain so we were not interestedinvisitingtheskijumpslope. It was terribly cold and wetthatday. Then weused a cableway to get on theGubałówkamount to seethe Tatra Mountains panorama, but all we saw was just a thickfog. We went to eatsomething, and we had 4 hours of free time to wanderaroundthe Krupówki street – it was boring. I bought oscypki (kind of cheese), souvenirs. Therewerefour of us - Konrad, Monika, Natalia and me. We went to eat a kebab and a dessert. We returned homesleepy and tired, but happy.

10. 4.05 The tenth day: We hadthe first no-sightseeningmorningin 7 days!Caroline ate breakfast and we went bowling with Monica and her partner. Cypriotsaregreat bowlers!All good things must come to an end. When we got back we ate lunch, Monika came to my house and we all talked and mentioned the exchangeinCyprus - it was one of the best moments in our lives. In the evening, we went for the Euro - dinner. So much food, pictures, memories... Then therewere speeches of teachers and everyone somehow started to realize that the time hadcomeCypriot partners were about to leave and it was almost the end of the exchange. We were crying so much, everyone started to cuddle.

11. 5.05 Thelast day : We woke up andCaroline started to packherbelongings. We ate tomato soup, because shelikeditthe most. Before we went to schoolCaroline saidsaying goodbye to my dad. When we arrivedat school everyone was sad and depressed. We watched a movie that was prepared to presentthewhole exchange. We started crying. When about 3pm we saw ourCypriot partners near the coach we started crying and we huggedthemonceagain. All what I saw and what I didduringtheexchange will remainin my heartforever. Whenthecoachdroveoff I justcouldn’thold back my tears. Everything was meant to be normalagain…