Barajas Airport Frederic Chopin Airport Write the names in the labels: Previously known as Okecie Airport, Warsaw Frederic Chopin Airport (WAW) is Poland's biggest and most modern airport, providing access to its biggest city. With flights to roughly 100 worldwide destinations. Lying just 10 km / 6 miles south- west of central Warsaw and next to the historic village of Raszyn. What airport do you think it is? _____________________________ ._____________________________ The Republic of Poland – Rzeczpospolita Polska in Polish – lies in the very geographical center of Europe between, clockwise from the north, the Baltic Sea, Russia’s Colour Spain in red and Amber from the Baltic Sea Kaliningrad enclave, Poland in green Lithuania, Belarus, Ukraine, Slovakia, the Czech Republic and Germany. Its area of 312,677 sq km (120,725 sq miles) and population Lowicz folklore of 38,6 million Polish zur zurek soup Pierogi Polixh pottery from Bolieslawiec Colour the Polish flag Colour the Polish Emblem złoty Sunday, May 10th Comments and pictures Warsaw is located on both sides of the Vistula river, approximately 350 kilometres from both the Carpathian mountains and the Baltic Sea. It is located in the heartland of the Masovian Plain. Since 2002 the capital has been a municipality divided into eighteen boroughs. Since 2002 Lech Kaczyński has been the Mayor. VISIT PROGRAMME Saturday Leaving Viveiro 9th .5.09 Sunday th Arrival in Warsaw 10 .5.09 Arrival in Staszow Dinner in the dormitory Monday 11 th .5.09 9.30 Visiting school 10.00 English lesson 11.30 A visit to the Mayor 12.00 A walk around Staszow 14.00 Lunch in the dormitory 15.00 A bike ride to Golejow/Rytwiany 18.30 Dinner in the dormitory Tuesday, 12 th .5.09 9.30 Leaving for a trip to Baltow (Jurasic Park) 17.0 0 Visiting Dinner in the dormitory 19.30 Wednesday, th 13 .5.09 9.30 Leaving for Ujazd – Krzyztopor castle Chancza/ Szydłow 13.30 Lunch in the dormitory 15.0 Kurozweki (Natural Park) 19.00 Barbecue with bison beef Thursday, 14th.5.09 9.30 Leaving for Etnographic Park in Tokarnia / Ch ęciny/ św. Krzy ż/ Kielce – amphitheatre and perhaps swimming pool 18.0 0 Disco at school 21.00 Dinner at the dormitory Friday, 15 th .5.09 Coat of arms 9.30 Leavig for Cracow, visiting a Road Museum on the way 14.00 Arrival at the hostel in Cracow 14.15 Lunch somewhere on the way 15.00 Aqua Park and 3D film “African Adventure” 17.00 A walk in the Main Market Square History 20.00 Back at the hostel One of the most beautiful towns in Kielecczyzna - Saturday is located on the borderland between Pogorze 16 th .5.09 Szydlowieckie (a range of hills) and Niecka 9.30 Leaving for Park of Miniatures , Wadowice- a place Nidzianska (a valley) at a south - eastern edge of of birth of the Pope John Paul II the Swietokrzyskie Mountains, along the 14.00 Lunch somewhere picturesque valley of Czarna river, by the Kielce - Rzeszow route. Environment conditions and 16.00 Back to Cracow. A cruise on the River Vístula/ convenient localization on the important trade Wawel Castle / optionally Ojcowski National Park route from Krakow to Sandomierz prompted early settlements. In October 1866 Staszow ceased to 19.00 Dinner be a private town. At the turn of the XIX century Sunday 16 th .5.09 the town became transformed into an agricultural service centre. 8.30 Leavig for Wieliczka Salt Mine and Rabkoland and During the period between the First and the Entertainment Park Second World War Staszow continued to be the Monday trade and handicraft centre, mainly in 16 th .5.09 shoemaking. The Fascist invasion and the 8.00 Leaving for Warsaw airport from Cracow outbreak of the Second World War put an abrupt end to the peaceful existence of the town. During this war Staszow was seriously damaged The first mention of the Staszowek village we can find in documents from 1241, when the wooden church there was damaged by fire during the Tatarian invasion of Poland. According to an old • Staszów - Town Hall legend the name of the town originates from the name of the first owner of the place - Stasz Kmiotko • Staszów - St. Bartłomiej's church in the region. • Rytwiany - the Palace Nowadays, Staszow is inhabited by 18.000 people • Szydłów - the castle complex working mainly in the mining industry, handicraft and • Ujazd - the Krzy żtopór castle trade. It abounds with numerous culture and nature monuments and great opportunities for tourism development exist there. Write a tick on the historical buildings that you saw in After the war Staszow suffered from a long period of your visit to Staszow and label them In the centre of Staszów there stagnation. Not before the sixties when a new are a lot of tenement houses significant development started in result of discovery which are called the town hall. and utilization of big sulphur resources It is a brick, bungalow All-Polish Festival of Modern Art is being organized structure. This object is in shape of a rectangle. It is said every spring. Very attractive and picturesque are that some people call our town traditional fairs taking place every Monday at the hall the Crakow’s Sukiennice. It has got very high roof, which is local market. covered the roof tile, such characteristic for the traditional Polish roofs. At present there is a Public library and the "Pod zegarem" restaurant. At the biginning it was a wooden church, probably burned by the Tatars in 1241. It was rebuilt in 1326. The present church was built in the 15 th century by Dorota from Tarnów. It's a gothic, bungalow structure, all plastered apart from one chapel. Inside the church there are two rococo altars. It is worth to pay attention to the interesting Old Polish epitaphs. St.Duch Church At the beginning a sugar factory was built. The palace was an office and the warehouse of this sugar factory. After the fire in 1924 the sugar factory was pulled down, and in 1927 on Prince Arthur's recommendation the remains was Market Square converted into the summer residence of the Rad ziwiłł's family The castle was built in 1354 on Kazimierz Wielki's recommendation. It’s surrounded by the battlements with three gates. Until now there retained: The Knight's room, the vault and the castle's gate. The most interesting is the Knight's room, which is made of were secured. The other structure is the Crakow's Gate built of the stone in the 14 th century and then it was rebuilt in the 15 th century. It is a great monument in Szydłów. The castle was built in the Ujazd village, near the Iwaniska, 25 kilometers from Staszów by Krzysztof Ossoli ńskiThe and was finished in 1644 Monday, May 11th Comments and pictures What are these objects? __________________________ Write your Draw the dinosaur that you liked comments Could you describe it? here _________________ _______________________________________________ _________________ _______________________________________________ _________________ _______________________________________________ _________________ _______________________________________________ _________________ _______________________________________________ _________________ _______________________________________________ _________________ _______________________________________________ _________________ _______________________________________________ _________________ _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ Tuesday, May 12th Comments and pictures Krzyż topór castle is one of the most beautiful and mighty 17th century polish Residences. It has stayed in ruin since the Polish-Swedish wars. The castle was raised in the years 1626-1644 for Sandomierz Voivode Krzysztof Ossoliński according to a design by Wawrzyniec Senes. The residence had a form of a castle placed inside a pentagon fortress with bastions; outside the ramparts there was a garden . Krzyżtopór castle conjoins the elements of Mannerist style with those of early Baroque and local styles. Its name contains a puzzle referring to the krzyż (cross), a counter- reformation symbol of faith and the topór (axe), a family coat of arms; the representations of both objects made of black marble mound guard over the entrance into the castle yard Palace was built which embodied the structure of the calendar. It had four towers symbolizing the fours seasons and 12 big halls, one for each month, 52 chambers, one for each week of the year, and 365 windows. Destroyed in the mid- 17th century, it is now a formidable ruin, where a knights’ tournament is organized to commemorate the Ossoliński Wednesday,May 13th Comments and pictures Thursday,May 14th Comments ______________________________ Comments and pictures ______________________________ ______________________________ ______________________________ ______________________________ ______________________________ ______________________________ ______________________________ ______________________________ ______________________________ _ Kielce is the capital of the Świętokrzyskie voivodship Comments _________________________________________________ _________________________________________________ _________________________________________________ _________________________________________________ _________________________________________________ _________________________________________________ _________________________________________________ _________________________________________________ _________________________________________________ Write about it: ___________________________________________________ ___ ___________________________________________________ ___ ___________________________________________________