criswithcurls
12 Feb 2008
Travel / Spring Break '08 in Poland [23]
Lol. I imagine, I don't know if I'm misguided or not, that a lot of countries don't like Americans or the stereotype we are all given. Well, and I assume many of us live up to those stereotypes. It's like the fact that most Americans think that they don't like the French. We stereotype them as weepy, unmasculine, weirdos that don't understand real politics and war (no one seems to remember that they financed a large portion of our war for independence). We wrongly stereotype the French and while some live up to their image we produce I hope that not all Americans live up to ours.
We are mainly going to be in the Krakow area. Our main reason for going is to follow in the footsteps of Elie Wiesel (author of "Night" who came to speak at our university). So of course we are visiting Auschwitz and Buchenwald. We are also going to just be around Krakow and visit some of the universities and surrounding areas. I'm super stoked.
I will definitley not visit Starbucks as I don't like coffee, lol! But if they don't have Dr.Pepper I will have to try really hard not to freak out (I know that the country itself does, I assume, have Dr.Pepper or Coke). I won't be loud, haha! I'll have to work on that. I mean, we're not only coming from the US but from Texas-ahhh! Haha. And I definitley won't act like I know more or am better than a Polish person because as soon as I do I'll fall flat on my face and be proved wrong! God can be funny like that!
Lol. I imagine, I don't know if I'm misguided or not, that a lot of countries don't like Americans or the stereotype we are all given. Well, and I assume many of us live up to those stereotypes. It's like the fact that most Americans think that they don't like the French. We stereotype them as weepy, unmasculine, weirdos that don't understand real politics and war (no one seems to remember that they financed a large portion of our war for independence). We wrongly stereotype the French and while some live up to their image we produce I hope that not all Americans live up to ours.
We are mainly going to be in the Krakow area. Our main reason for going is to follow in the footsteps of Elie Wiesel (author of "Night" who came to speak at our university). So of course we are visiting Auschwitz and Buchenwald. We are also going to just be around Krakow and visit some of the universities and surrounding areas. I'm super stoked.
I will definitley not visit Starbucks as I don't like coffee, lol! But if they don't have Dr.Pepper I will have to try really hard not to freak out (I know that the country itself does, I assume, have Dr.Pepper or Coke). I won't be loud, haha! I'll have to work on that. I mean, we're not only coming from the US but from Texas-ahhh! Haha. And I definitley won't act like I know more or am better than a Polish person because as soon as I do I'll fall flat on my face and be proved wrong! God can be funny like that!