I spent my mobility time in Kalisz, Poland. This is quite a small town, not so cosmopolitan, but it has all the essentials you need. It has a special “small town” vibe and I would say that it is a nice town with a soul, good shopping malls, nice city center and big wonderful park. There is no many distractions so you can really focus on improving yourself. It is situated just in the middle of Poland so that whichever way you choose to go, everything is somehow close to you, although Poland is a really big country. Trains in Poland are great and quite cheap if you’re a student under 26 years old. This is also case with museums. As a student in Poland you’re almost treated as a king 😊. Great tool if you want to explore this beautiful country.
I met many nice people from many countries, most of them out of Europe. Some of them came from poor countries, some of them from countries affected by war. I learnt a lot about their situations, but also about myself. For me their experiences represent a great incentive to fight for my goals, to be persistent and that nothing is impossible and last but not least, to appreciate more all the things in our lives that we take for granted. In some way, I would say that we, Europeans are lucky for our privileges, but we should be more aware of that.
I managed to travel a lot. That has been my goal since I’ve started to think about joining the Erasmus+ Programme. Most of the time I had wonderful people travelling by my side making those trips unforgettable but sometimes I didn’t hesitate to travel on my own. I have visited many places around Poland. From nice small towns of Torun, Lubliniec and Zakopane, nice and big castles of Malbork and Krakow, across beautiful Tatra mountains and wonderdul Baltic Sea (but not as wonderful as Adriatic Sea in Croatia 😜) to big and pictoresque cities of Poznan, Gdansk and Wrocław to capital Warsaw. I was delighted with all the trips and I admire great cultural and historical richness of Poland and I’m very happy to have chosen this gorgeous country for my mobility. Poland is neighbouring country to Germany so at the end I grabbed the chance and visited Berlin which was also on my bucket list. There I watched some exciting football matches of my and other countries and then I have continued to the north, to Hamburg where I attended a match of my country against Albania, accompanied by my family.
For me, Erasmus+ student mobility was a wonderful expirience and a priceless chance to improve myself, meet a lot of new people, see many new things, travel and explore culture and history. I recommend it to every student. Dare to go. Give it a try. You will not regret it for sure.
