2004 Art Camp Gronkow, Poland & Slovakia.m4v

"When reflecting on my great experience working with Art Camp participants, I think that the most important impact on their lives came from the encounter with Poland itself. Since all the camps were situated in rural areas, such as the Carpathian Mountains, our students enjoyed walking through meadows, watching storks and listening to meadow larks, smelling the fresh manure ready to fertilize potato and wheat fields, chasing friends with burning nettles, and marveling that they can walk freely wherever they want thanks to the lack of fences separating private properties.
They swam in pure water of Sola River and took hikes in Tatra, Beskidy and Pieniny Mountains. At the end of the day, they were proud conquerors of Turbacz, Przelecz Lipowska or Babia Gora, each about 5000 feet above sea level. For kids from New York suburbs, used to concrete, asphalt and cars so much walking was a challenging but fascinating way to explore new places. They could hardly believe they had really climbed so high and from the tops of the mountains admired the breathtaking views and looked down on their friends who never embarked on such an experience. " ~ THe Nowodworski Foundation Instructor

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