Checklist - Due April 15th

1) Personal Information Form. (Save this file as LastName_First Name_PI)
2) Travel, Medical, & Emergency Contact Info Form. (Save this file as LastName_First Name_TME).

3) Email a photocopy of your passport to your PD. (You should also email this one to yourself to have on record wherever you are).

4) Read your Country Addendum: what to expect and how to prepare for your time with LE.

Don't forget about Training Days! They are mandatory

Stanford (Francesca): April 12th, Megg Pitts (Toyon Hall)
NYU (Ilona): April 13, 9am - 5pm
Georgetown (Margaret): April 13, 9am – 5pm
GW (Christina): April 4, 714 21st St. (Honors House of Undergrad. Fellowships and Research)

Harvard (Marianna): April 26th, commencing at 10am
LSE (Sayuri), Brighton (Aoife), Brown (Tessa): TBA

These are a great way to get to know some other LE-ers and to start brainstorming some teaching ideas.

our HOSTEL

Hey all,

We will be staying at the ASTON HOSTEL, in the center of Krakow. This place was recommended to me by a friend, and the location is excellent. Check in will start as early as 9 AM on June 18th, but again, you are expected to check in by that evening. 3 people per room (girls/guys separate), and you will matched with people in our program only. This was one of the cheapest hostels I could find where we weren't going to be sleeping with 10 other random people. Cost will be $14.10 per person for the first two nights, and $23.50 for each of Friday night and Saturday night. Total cost per person will be $75.20. Please send a check made out to me (Cathy Lacki) to the address below ASAP, but no later than May 1st!:

1305 Potomac Street, NW. Apt. 201
Washington, DC 20007

Aston Hostel
Dluga Street 41, Krakow.
+4812 2925555
biuro@spanie.com

http://www.aston-hostel.pl/en/

Directions:

From the railway station: if you want to walk to our hostel, You need to turn in to Basztowa street and then to Dluga street or You can just ask for Dluga Street - it will take You about 7 minutes to get there on foot. If You rather not to walk, You can take tram number 5 and get out on the second stop called 'Pędzichów' , Aston Hostel is situated on the same side of the street You get out.

From Airport You need to take bus number 292 and get out on stop named 'Nowy Kleparz' from there You need to turn into Dluga street., and find number 41, it's us!

We will be checking out and heading to the train station on Sunday, June 22nd, morning/afternoon.

Flights

I've found http://www.orbitz.com/ very helpful in finding flights to Poland in the past. Please post if you find any good deals.

Dates

Everyone needs to be in Krakow by evening on Wednesday June 18th - Orientation will start on Thursday June 19th officially, though we may do something the night of the 18th for those who aren't tired. We are flying into the airport in Krakow -airport code KRK. Orientation will run through June 22nd - on that Sunday you will be sent to your villages.

Hey, I am looking into buying my air tickets to poland.  What airport are we flying into?  And what day do we need to be there?

imporant VISA info

Volunteers - please check this blog frequently. I will uploading a lot of information here, so please make sure to keep up! As many of you will have the same questions, feel free to post questions/comments/concerns/cool things you find on the web relating to Poland or teaching, here. Of course, you can still email me at anytime.

First question I've had is regarding VISAS. Please check out the following website and make sure you don't need one for Poland. US citizens and citizens of Ireland and Great Britain do NOT need a VISA for Poland, since they are all members of the EU. If you are a citizen of another country, please check this out and contact me (it may take awhile to process one).http://www.washington.polemb.net/?document=104

Also, I found a great website which covers everything about Poland:http://www.poland.gov.pl/

3/20/2008

Hey everyone! I'm just trying to figure out this whole blog thing...it's kind of fun!