We set out on this journey with high hopes and eager anticipation. We had already had some email communication from our hosts and so we were very excited about meeting them all in person. We found it extremely hard to know what to expect and Teresa Pioro, who helped to organise this volunteering project, asked us on the mini-bus about this. She said she was looking forward to hearing if our expectations were met after the trip, and if we had any experiences we hadn’t predicted. The food was the first welcome surprise and the team enjoyed sampling lots of cuisine at the first restaurant we stopped off at in Poland. Our favourite was definitely the pierogi, small dumpling sacks containing potato, spinach and meats. Delicious!
The Leeds Met Poland 2007 Team
It was sad to part with the other volunteers as we got off at our hotel and we told them to let us know how their first week goes as we said our goodbyes. Many of our friends stayed with host families and so picking up the language was something they’d be experiencing almost round the clock. We wouldn’t be attempting much Polish until our first meeting with Janusz Padzinski, a fellow artist who works at the Mother Teresa of Calcutta Day Centre in Lublin, the city we were staying in for the next two weeks.
His and hers matching suitcases!
>>> Mother Teresa of Calcutta Day Centre
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