Discussing tolerance with peers from other countries…. Erasmus+ at its finest

Let’s Discuss Tolerance!

On November 13. me and five other Hungarians went on an Eramsus+ project to Poland, Korkiew, called „Let’s Discuss Tolerance!”

We arrived late, and so missed a little bit of the workshops and programs, altough we made a lot of friends on the same night. There were Ukrainians, Slovenians, and Polish people already there. On the workshops we talked about a lot of things. first we talked about stereotypes, then how to spread awarness of these stereotypes, and also we shared our own personal feelings, opions about hatred, intolerance towards other people. We went on a lot of trips. First, on Tuesday we went to Auschwitz. It was devastating to see it in person, but on the other hand we learned so much more about it. The next day we went to Cracow. We visited a lot of the famous castles and churches of the city. We also had some free time there wich was really good. There were some other activites in the camp too. We played paintball on Monday and it was really fun. There wasn’t any really bad things, about the camp. altough in some of the wooden houses there wasn’t any hot water. And because of the houses were made out of wood it was reallly cold, even with the radiators on.

During this project, I made lots of friends, and I really enjoyed it.I learned a lot about how people treat other’s based on the stereotypes that we discussed. Overall I learned a lot about tolerance and stereotypes with other peolple, and enjoyed all the fun stuff and activities that we got to do together.

Balog Bence

Let’s discuss tolerance

Day 1.

 The trip was very long to Poland by bus, and I got tired after the trip, but it was fine because when we got there, we were welcomed with warm food and happy faces. My roommates were very kind and helpful.  After the workshop we played cards with our new friends and listened to music.

 
Day 2.

The second day started early, and we had our first breakfast in Poland. It was good, but they didn’t have normal coffee, only instant coffee, but it was fine too. The big program for the day was paintball. The paintball was fine, but it was scary at first. After that we had a little party with our new friends

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Day 3.

Auschwitz was so traumatizing I felt sick after the program and the whole group got depressed. It was very cold out there. After Auschwitz we had the cultural evening, it was kind of boring probably because it was so long, and the presentations weren’t that interesting.

 
Day 4.

Krakow was beautiful but the weather was cold, and it was raining the whole day. We watched some of the famous churches and the city overall. We had a long free time after the program, and it was very good. We were shopping for 2 hours long.  

Day 5.

The last full day was kind of sad because the Slovenians were going home early, and we had our last workshop. It was nice because Szilvi made the workshop. After the workshop we had like 10 hours of free time, and it was nice because we played a lot of card games. After all, we said goodbye to our Ukrainians friends.

 
Day 6.

It was hard to get home because of the Flixbuses but it was ok.

Kenyeres Kristóf

Let’s discuss tolerance!

The program took place in Poland between November 13.-18.
We arrived a bit late on the first day, but as soon as we got there we were sent to a workshop. There we met everyone and learned a bit about the theme of this project.

On the second day we participated in a few workshops witch were pretty good, and after a quick lunch break we went paintballing in to the woods. It was a bit terrifying but fun at the same time.

The third day was a heavier one. We went to Auschwitz. I already new a lot about this place but the reality of it punched me in the face. we were there for about 5 hours and then took the bus back home we were all a bit tired and traumatized so we went to bed early that day.

On the fourth day they took us to Krakow. First, we saw a museum about a national hero. If I am being honest I didn’t really enjoy it, because the guide spoke really bad English and listening about a man for 2 hours is not really entertaining, but I hope others enjoyed that. After the museum we went to see a few churches and the castle. It was pretty, but I am not really into religion. We had a late lunch at a cute restaurant. After lunch we had some free time to buy souvenirs and just to look around the city.

On the last day we only had workshops in the morning after that some of the other nations started traveling home but we and the Ukrainians stayed another night. We were all in the same house before sleeping and we played some card games together.

The next morning the Ukrainians left really early and after a quick breakfast we started heading home too. We arrived home safe, and with a lot of good memories from this trip.

Rónai Anna Lili

Let’s discuss tolerance!

I really liked the whole trip, the people were so nice and I made some new friends.

On the first day we played paintball and it was exciting. After that we showed our presentations. It was really interesting to learn about other cultures and countries.

On the second day we went to Aushcwitz and that was a little bit rough. I mean actually standing there and seeing what people can do to others was harsh but it was really interesting. When we got home we made our country’s national food and the others liked it so it was a good afternoon. The next day we went to Cracow where first we went to a museum which was really boring but after that we got to see the main Basilica and that was really beautiful. The best part was when we got free time in the city and we could just walk around.

The workshops were interesting too. The other people had different opinions and we got the chance to listen to them. As I said, the whole thing was really interesting and fun..

Balogh Julianna