Wednesday  24th of January.

Our schedule today: A day outside of the school. Poznán city was waiting for us. And the start was literally very sweet. We visited Poznán´s only and true “Croissant museum”- what a treat! We learned not only how to make the most delicious croissants ever, we also got to know a good deal about the city´s history. The guides who at the same time were professional bakers were really amusing and had a lot of interesting stories to tell, not to mention all the advice they gave regarding the stuffed croissants.

Students were able to take part in the baking process, learning how to roll out the dough, cut triangles with a sword and squeeze out the very thick filling.

 

Rain, wind, and cold temperatures – nevertheless, we did not give in and participated in a sightseeing tour in the old town of Poznán. Luckily, we were to meet Marek, the same enjoyable guide who already had made our tram-trip an amusing experience the day before.

And he did not disappoint us this time ether. By choosing students to make his point clear what it meant to live in Poznán in former times his presentation of historical facts became somehow very illustrative and vivid. He put one of the students on the pedestal and let him play a convict in the Middle Ages.

Thus, he taught us how Poznán´s hangman professionally got his job done when chopping off the convict´s heads. We learned about the multicultural history of Poznán four hundred years ago and about the few months when Poznán was the capital of Poland ruled by a man who – untypically for that time – experienced real love and real hate in the relationship with his own wife, and managed to be the King of Poland, even though for only some months.

 

In the afternoon, we were invited to visit the city´s council and had the opportunity to hear about the city council and about the youth council.

One of the students from the school in Poznan, Julia, explained clearly what her role has been, and then we were able to watch the beginning of a session of the youth council. As this was in Polish, it was a little difficult to follow, but we saw that a presentation was made of a proposal about large advertisement boards, and that members of the council were able to comment and ask questions.

 

After this, we returned back to school.