{"id":4611,"date":"2020-05-04T15:36:27","date_gmt":"2020-05-04T19:36:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.explorica.ca\/blog\/?page_id=4611"},"modified":"2020-05-05T15:12:08","modified_gmt":"2020-05-05T19:12:08","slug":"poland-learning-home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.explorica.ca\/blog\/poland-learning-home","title":{"rendered":"Poland: Learning at Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Get creative<\/strong><br \/>\nOrganize 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\u2019s 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 <a href=\"https:\/\/artsandculture.google.com\/search\/streetview?q=poland&amp;hl=en\">virtual tours<\/a> of famous Polish museums and more.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Pick a film<\/strong><br \/>\nWatch 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<p><strong>Study some history<\/strong><br \/>\nDive 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\u2019s Market Square with this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1G3Acou5Yw8\">virtual reality video<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Choose a book<\/strong><br \/>\nRead 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<p><strong>Fill up your plate<\/strong><br \/>\nArrange 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<p><strong>Learn the language<\/strong><br \/>\nCall 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\/enroll\/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<p><strong>Did you know?<\/strong><br \/>\nEvery television program in Poland is dubbed by one man!<\/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\u2019s 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.ca\/blog\/poland-learning-home\">Read More &#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4612,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4611","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4611","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4611"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4611\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4669,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4611\/revisions\/4669"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4612"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4611"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}