{"id":10112,"date":"2020-04-29T17:16:21","date_gmt":"2020-04-29T21:16:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/?page_id=10112"},"modified":"2020-04-30T10:09:15","modified_gmt":"2020-04-30T14:09:15","slug":"poland-learning-home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/poland-learning-home","title":{"rendered":"Poland: Learning at Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><strong>Get creative<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Organize your art supplies and get to crafting. Consider creating a Polish <a href=\"https:\/\/culture.pl\/en\/article\/folk-art-at-home-a-diy-guide-to-polish-paper-cut-outs\">wycinanki paper cutting craft<\/a>, painting a poppy (Poland&#8217;s national flower), or leaning a traditional <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=BXYKkb-SynM\">Polish dance<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Need more inspiration? Check out these <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/artsandculture.google.com\/search\/streetview?q=poland&amp;hl=en\"><em>virtual tours<\/em><\/a><em> of famous Polish museums and more.<\/em><\/p>\n<h4><strong>Pick a film<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Watch a movie that relates to your destination. Some ideas for Poland include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Zookeeper\u2019s Wife (2017)<\/li>\n<li>Ida (2013)<\/li>\n<li>The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (2008)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>Study some history<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Dive deep into the history of specific sites you\u2019ll visit on tour. Study the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/event\/Warsaw-Uprising\">Warsaw Uprising<\/a>, the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, and why Krak\u00f3w was named a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Then, tour Krak\u00f3w&#8217;s Market Square with this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1G3Acou5Yw8\">virtual reality video<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Choose a book<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Read and discuss a book that takes place in your destination or describes the local culture. Pick from titles like:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>The Trumpeter of Krakow <\/em>by Eric P. Kelly<\/li>\n<li><em>Night <\/em>by Elie Wiesel<\/li>\n<li><em>Maus<\/em> by Art Spiegelman<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>Fill up your plate<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Arrange a potluck and encourage your friends to bring a traditional dish from your destination. Know a chef? Hold a virtual <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=GQ0GiTKzu38\">cooking class<\/a> with your travel group, or support a local restaurant that offers delivery\/take-out of your destination\u2019s cuisine. Try making pierogi, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.food.com\/recipe\/golabki-polish-cabbage-rolls-297235\">go\u0142\u0105bki<\/a> (cabbage rolls), or goulash.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Learn the language<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Call up a friend or set up a group video chat and practice your language skills. It helps to make flashcards with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.duolingo.com\/course\/pl\/en\/Learn-Polish\">common sayings<\/a> to use on the phone or throughout your travels (think about ordering at restaurants, buying souvenirs, and chatting with locals).<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Did you know?<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Every television program in Poland is dubbed by one man!<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>Meet Your Partner in Travel <\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>Jenn traveled to Poland to visit where her family lived before immigrating to the United States. She spent her time traveling from Warsaw to Krak\u00f3w so that she could follow the same path her ancestors took during World War II. A few of her highlights were enjoying fresh pierogis in Krak\u00f3w, the Jewish Museum in Warsaw, and visiting Auschwitz-Birkenau. She recommends keeping an eye out for the tile outline of the Warsaw Ghetto, as the original buildings were destroyed in the Warsaw Uprising.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Get creative Organize your art supplies and get to crafting. Consider creating a Polish wycinanki paper cutting craft, painting a poppy (Poland&#8217;s national flower), or leaning a traditional Polish dance. Need more inspiration? Check out these virtual tours of famous Polish museums and more. Pick a film Watch a movie that relates to your destination. <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/poland-learning-home\">Read More &#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10113,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-10112","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10112","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10112"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10112\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10134,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10112\/revisions\/10134"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10113"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}