2 SLOs on the Świętokrzyskie trails

At the beginning of May, our two absolutely fantastic third classes of the four-year high school set out on a journey to discover the mysterious charms of the interior of Poland. This time the goal of the expedition was the Świętokrzyskie Mountains and the surrounding area. We lived at the foot of a charming 17th-century monastery in Karczówka. In addition to the fact that there is one of the three sculptures made of galena in the world (check what it is – the other two are also in Poland), the sub-monastery grounds are fantastic for games and entertainment of all kinds. What our nicest students eagerly used.

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The journey began with the dramatic events at the Henryk Sienkiewicz Museum in Oblęgorek, then the tension continued to build up. We visited the Museum of the Kielce Countryside, which – like Oblęgorek, turned out to be a dramatically dangerous place. Then there was a murderous, long-hour trip from Nowa Słupia to Saint Catherine (during which some of us departed to see some very famous human corpses). We spent the last day in Sandomierz, which turned out to be charming. We saw a painting there in the cathedral, which to this day outrages, shocks and even negatively affects international relations between two countries that we know quite well. There were stories about earlier and more recent times, pleasant walks and a dinner that caused vegans and vegetarians’ dismay. It turned out, however, that three days is not enough to see everything interesting in this region full of dangers, traps and menacing landscapes.

(text: Miron Łesyszak; translation: Beata Ciacek; photos: Wioletta Handzel)