Krakow

Krakow is an absolutely gorgeous city and I'm really glad I had the chance to go. The sister campus should be in Krakow, not Warsaw, in my humble opinion.

The main square in Krakow. This is the market building.

St. Mary's church on the main square. The interior was gorgeous.

Guida, me and Yann taking in the chakra. Wawel castle is one of the few places on earth where the chakra energy is so concentrated (whatever that means).
Zeinab, Louisa, me and Myrto at Wawel castle.

Mathieu, our faithful guide, with a ballon so he will be easily spotted in the crowed.

Sahar, Paolo and Myrto on the train back to Warsaw.

Auschwitz and Birkenau

Mathieu took a group of us to Krakow for two days which also included a guided tour of Auschwitz-Birkenau. I am really glad I had the opportunity to go and see it first hand.

The main gate

View of Birkenau from the main watch tower.

The field was entirely covered by barracks like these.

The other side of the camp. Was also completed covered by barracks.

POLAND

IRD went to Poland for the month of March as part of a (study) trip. College of Europe has a sister campus in a suburb or Warsaw so the IRD students got to live the "one college, two campuses" mantra. The experience had its ups and its downs but all in all it was a really awesome experience.

Myrto, really excited to fly to Warsaw on a pink and purple plane!

Yannick and Yann also very excited to depart for the land of pierogies.

Louisa, Gonzalo, me and Guida at our first lunch at the Natolin campus.

We were supposed to watch a movie about the history of Natolin but it wasn't working. In lieu of learing that, "Natolin is named for the beautiful Natalia" we played name the capital and Fredrick, of course, won and was given the CoE flag as his prize.

After a long day and a long journey, Fred and Manu take a nap in the Natolin bar.

Kevin and Nike's Birthday!

 

 

Mexican Spanish Party

East Med Party!

Laura Came to Visit!

And I have a picture to prove it (unlike my visit to London).