Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Monday, April 26, 2010
Our schedule is set!
Good day! We finally got our itinerary :) Note this is subject to change, but at least you can all see where we are headed and how much we will be trying to cram in to one month!!
May
8 Leave Iowa
9 Arrive in Warsaw
10 Monday Lublin visit in Old town
11 Tuesday Lublin morning visit in Majdanek Museum , after lunch transfer to Zamosc -Club Presentation
12 Wednesday Zamosc
13 Thursday Zamośc- vocational day
14 Friday transfer to Rzeszów Hotel Hubertus
15 Saturday Rzeszów Conference GSE Presentation 30min. & Gala Dinner
16 Sunday Rzeszow -Visit in Lancut Palace
17 Monday Free Day
18 Tuesday Transfer to Kraków, City Tour, Wawel Castle, Dragon Cave, Jewish Quarter, meeting with alumnies; RC Kraków-Centrum Club Presentation and other Krakow’s Rotary Clubs Rotaract Krakow-Wawel, host families
19 Wednesday Visit in Auschwitz
20 Thursday Kraków Vocational day- Evening Club Presentation RC Krakow Wanda
21 Friday Krakow
22 Saturday Krakow Middle GSE brake
23 Sunday Kraków transfer to Czestochowa
24 Monday Cczestochowa Visit in Monastery Jasna Gora
25 Tuesday Czestochowa
26 Wednesday Transfer Czestochowa- Lodz Club Presentation RC Lodz trojka
27 Thursday Łodz Free Day – shopping in “Manufacture” Centre, 19:00 presentation RC Lodz 4 Kultury meeting Restaurant “paparaci”
28 Friday Łodz visit in Museum of City Lodz
29 Saturday Transfer to TORUŃ (Torun Rotarian take group from Lodz)To Torun
30 Sunday Torun Visit in Old Town , 19:00 GSE Presentation at Extra Club Meeting
31 Monday Torun
June
1 Tuesday Transfer Torun Warszawa
2 Wednesday Warszawa Vocational Day
3 Thursday Warszawa-dzien Boze Cialo
Meeting at St. Anne’s church. Tour of the Royal Castle and walk across the Old Town, Old Market Square, Barbicane, New Town, Monument to Warsaw Uprising Lunch at Florian restaurant www.florian.pl. Transfer to Nowy Świat (New World) street – travel along the so-called Royal Route, passing the former Communist Party Headquarters, Plac Trzech Krzyży (Three Crosses Square), US Embassy, government buildings, embassies, the Łazienki Gardens, walk the Chopin Statue down to Myśliwiecka, free time
4 Friday Warszawa
Wilanów (Royal Palace), walk around the royal gardens and the palace tour, Presentation GSE RC Warszawa Wilanów GSE, Historical Museum www.1944.pl (film) (alternatively – Museum of the Warsaw Uprising), Evening with RC Warszawa Żoliborz
5 Saturday Warszawa19:00 GSE presentation in RC Warszawa Zamoyski Palace
6 Sunday Warsaw Airport (WAW) departure to USA at 6;45 AM
May
8 Leave Iowa
9 Arrive in Warsaw
10 Monday Lublin visit in Old town
11 Tuesday Lublin morning visit in Majdanek Museum , after lunch transfer to Zamosc -Club Presentation
12 Wednesday Zamosc
13 Thursday Zamośc- vocational day
14 Friday transfer to Rzeszów Hotel Hubertus
15 Saturday Rzeszów Conference GSE Presentation 30min. & Gala Dinner
16 Sunday Rzeszow -Visit in Lancut Palace
17 Monday Free Day
18 Tuesday Transfer to Kraków, City Tour, Wawel Castle, Dragon Cave, Jewish Quarter, meeting with alumnies; RC Kraków-Centrum Club Presentation and other Krakow’s Rotary Clubs Rotaract Krakow-Wawel, host families
19 Wednesday Visit in Auschwitz
20 Thursday Kraków Vocational day- Evening Club Presentation RC Krakow Wanda
21 Friday Krakow
22 Saturday Krakow Middle GSE brake
23 Sunday Kraków transfer to Czestochowa
24 Monday Cczestochowa Visit in Monastery Jasna Gora
25 Tuesday Czestochowa
26 Wednesday Transfer Czestochowa- Lodz Club Presentation RC Lodz trojka
27 Thursday Łodz Free Day – shopping in “Manufacture” Centre, 19:00 presentation RC Lodz 4 Kultury meeting Restaurant “paparaci”
28 Friday Łodz visit in Museum of City Lodz
29 Saturday Transfer to TORUŃ (Torun Rotarian take group from Lodz)To Torun
30 Sunday Torun Visit in Old Town , 19:00 GSE Presentation at Extra Club Meeting
31 Monday Torun
June
1 Tuesday Transfer Torun Warszawa
2 Wednesday Warszawa Vocational Day
3 Thursday Warszawa-dzien Boze Cialo
Meeting at St. Anne’s church. Tour of the Royal Castle and walk across the Old Town, Old Market Square, Barbicane, New Town, Monument to Warsaw Uprising Lunch at Florian restaurant www.florian.pl. Transfer to Nowy Świat (New World) street – travel along the so-called Royal Route, passing the former Communist Party Headquarters, Plac Trzech Krzyży (Three Crosses Square), US Embassy, government buildings, embassies, the Łazienki Gardens, walk the Chopin Statue down to Myśliwiecka, free time
4 Friday Warszawa
Wilanów (Royal Palace), walk around the royal gardens and the palace tour, Presentation GSE RC Warszawa Wilanów GSE, Historical Museum www.1944.pl (film) (alternatively – Museum of the Warsaw Uprising), Evening with RC Warszawa Żoliborz
5 Saturday Warszawa19:00 GSE presentation in RC Warszawa Zamoyski Palace
6 Sunday Warsaw Airport (WAW) departure to USA at 6;45 AM
Thursday, April 15, 2010
Introduction
This blog is to keep friends and family up to date about our Group Study Exchange (GSE) to Poland May 8th-June 6th. Team members include (from left to right) Renee Sedlacek a Service-Learning Coordinator from Waverly, John Hall a banker from North Liberty, Kim Koenigs, Executive Director of Worth County Development Authority from Northwood, Ralph Smith (team leader) a lawyer from Charles City, & Bryan Zgmont a professor from Dubuque.
The Rotary Foundation’s Group Study Exchange (GSE) is a unique cultural and vocational exchange opportunity for businesspeople and professionals between the ages of 25 and 40 who are in the early stages of their careers. The program provides travel grants for teams to exchange visits in paired areas of different countries. During our one month we will be visitng various Rotary Clubs to exchange conversation and culture. We will travel to Warsaw, Zamosc, Krakow, Auschwitz, & Rzeszow among other cities and making various trouist and vocational stops along the way. We'll try to keep you as up to date as time and wifi capabilities allow! Thanks for following us along the way :)
The Rotary Foundation’s Group Study Exchange (GSE) is a unique cultural and vocational exchange opportunity for businesspeople and professionals between the ages of 25 and 40 who are in the early stages of their careers. The program provides travel grants for teams to exchange visits in paired areas of different countries. During our one month we will be visitng various Rotary Clubs to exchange conversation and culture. We will travel to Warsaw, Zamosc, Krakow, Auschwitz, & Rzeszow among other cities and making various trouist and vocational stops along the way. We'll try to keep you as up to date as time and wifi capabilities allow! Thanks for following us along the way :)
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