0:00:29 > 0:00:34Welcome to Poland! We are a country located in the centre of Europe.
0:00:34 > 0:00:39Our total area is around 120,000 square miles.
0:00:39 > 0:00:42This makes it the ninth largest country in Europe,
0:00:42 > 0:00:45with the UK coming in at number 12.
0:00:45 > 0:00:47Poland has over 300 miles of coastline,
0:00:47 > 0:00:51of which over a half are beautiful beaches.
0:00:51 > 0:00:56If only a swim in the Baltic Sea wasn't so refreshing.
0:00:56 > 0:00:58Did you know that the number of people living in Poland
0:00:58 > 0:01:01hasn't changed for the past 20 years?
0:01:01 > 0:01:04The amount of Polish people has increased, but strangely enough,
0:01:04 > 0:01:07Poland's population has stayed level at 38 million.
0:01:12 > 0:01:14One of the reasons for this is migration.
0:01:16 > 0:01:20Currently there are 17 million Poles living outside the country.
0:01:21 > 0:01:26That means that for every ten Polish people, four of them have emigrated.
0:01:32 > 0:01:33Jacek Kunysz is one of the Poles
0:01:33 > 0:01:37who have made the hard decision to leave Poland.
0:01:37 > 0:01:39Together with his wife and son,
0:01:39 > 0:01:40he is about to make the move to Britain.
0:01:41 > 0:01:45The family leave behind a small flat on the outskirts of Warsaw.
0:03:01 > 0:03:03It's quarter to five in the morning,
0:03:03 > 0:03:07and Jacek, his wife and his son are about to depart for the UK.
0:04:16 > 0:04:17Bye-bye!
0:04:24 > 0:04:28Jacek and his family are joining the 643,000 Poles
0:04:28 > 0:04:30who are currently living in the UK.
0:04:33 > 0:04:37The Wierzbiccy family moved to Scotland in 2011.
0:04:49 > 0:04:51The family have settled near Glasgow.
0:06:20 > 0:06:23You're maybe wondering how many Poles live in Scotland.
0:06:23 > 0:06:27Well, in 2011, there were 67,000 of them.
0:06:27 > 0:06:31That is 1.25% of Scotland's total population.
0:06:34 > 0:06:37The Polish community is now well established in Scotland,
0:06:37 > 0:06:40and there are more and more Polish shops opening
0:06:40 > 0:06:43catering to Polish and Scottish customers.
0:06:44 > 0:06:47I think life is much easier here for us.
0:06:47 > 0:06:50It was very hard at the beginning because of language,
0:06:50 > 0:06:55different culture, but everything can be possible.
0:06:55 > 0:06:57And the weather, that is hard for us!
0:06:59 > 0:07:00The weather is horrible!
0:07:06 > 0:07:09The Polish community even has its own radio show
0:07:09 > 0:07:12in which listeners can vote for their favourite Polish band.
0:07:15 > 0:07:20All my life I dreamed about radio, and a job like a DJ in radio,
0:07:20 > 0:07:24and I'm glad, because I do something for Polish culture.
0:07:31 > 0:07:34What has prompted this increase of Poles settling in the UK?
0:07:36 > 0:07:40With the average Polish salary of £635 a month,
0:07:40 > 0:07:43compared with almost £2,000 in Britain,
0:07:43 > 0:07:46Poles find the UK an attractive destination.
0:08:00 > 0:08:04Moving to a different country and leaving your relatives behind
0:08:04 > 0:08:07is never easy, but at least technology
0:08:07 > 0:08:08makes keeping in touch easier.
0:08:26 > 0:08:29When Poland joined the European Union in 2004,
0:08:29 > 0:08:32there were 75,000 Poles in the UK,
0:08:32 > 0:08:36and by 2011 this figure shot up to 643,000,
0:08:37 > 0:08:40an increase of more than 850%.
0:08:42 > 0:08:45It's not just for economic reasons people immigrate.
0:08:45 > 0:08:48Three years ago, Pawel moved his family to Aberdeen
0:08:48 > 0:08:51to further his career as a ship designer,
0:08:51 > 0:08:53but they have now returned to Poland.
0:09:07 > 0:09:09We decided to move to Scotland, to Aberdeen,
0:09:09 > 0:09:11somewhere where is the offshore market,
0:09:11 > 0:09:14which I could learn a lot from just to develop the skills
0:09:14 > 0:09:18to have more chance to talk with other people and companies
0:09:18 > 0:09:20and to have an international environment.
0:09:24 > 0:09:28Pawel's move to Scotland wasn't so much to get him a higher wage,
0:09:28 > 0:09:33it was more about getting him a better career experience.
0:09:33 > 0:09:36He also found he got a better work and life balance in Scotland,
0:09:36 > 0:09:40allowing him to spend more time with his family.
0:09:40 > 0:09:43His working hours in Poland are much longer.
0:09:46 > 0:09:49My life in Scotland was much easier than in Poland.
0:09:49 > 0:09:51We had much more time after work.
0:09:51 > 0:09:53In Poland, life is completely different.
0:09:53 > 0:09:55Sometimes I have to take work home,
0:09:55 > 0:10:00sometimes I need to organise some jobs for me and it's harder.
0:10:03 > 0:10:05When Pawel's children reached school age,
0:10:05 > 0:10:08the family had a big decision to make,
0:10:08 > 0:10:10whether to stay in Scotland permanently,
0:10:10 > 0:10:13or to move back to Poland.
0:10:13 > 0:10:16Our children needed to start school and we had a choice,
0:10:16 > 0:10:17or they start the school in Scotland
0:10:17 > 0:10:22and then we would be there for another ten years or something.
0:10:22 > 0:10:26We spoke with our family and all decided it was time to move back.
0:10:27 > 0:10:30But the family don't regret the time they spent in Scotland,
0:10:30 > 0:10:33as it has improved Pawel's career prospects.
0:10:40 > 0:10:45Poland is a very proud nation, and us Poles are convinced
0:10:45 > 0:10:48that most Polish things are the best in the world.
0:10:51 > 0:10:54For example, Polish men have a reputation
0:10:54 > 0:10:55for being old-fashioned gentlemen.
0:10:58 > 0:11:00Poland is one of the few countries
0:11:00 > 0:11:03where polite hand kissing is still a practice.
0:11:05 > 0:11:11In Poland, it is normal for men to open doors for women,
0:11:11 > 0:11:12and carry heavy things for them.
0:11:16 > 0:11:19In a recent survey, Polish people were rated as the most attractive
0:11:19 > 0:11:21compared to other Europeans.
0:11:24 > 0:11:26Curiously, the Polish people
0:11:26 > 0:11:29were also one of the most unhappy people within Europe.
0:12:15 > 0:12:18In 2004, Poland joined the European Union,
0:12:18 > 0:12:21and opened its borders to fellow EU countries.
0:12:22 > 0:12:25You might be surprised to find out it has seven borders.
0:12:25 > 0:12:30Its neighbours are Germany, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Ukraine,
0:12:30 > 0:12:35Belarus, Lithuania and Kaliningrad Oblast, a small part of Russia.
0:12:45 > 0:12:48Two of its neighbours are not part of the EU,
0:12:48 > 0:12:50so these borders are patrolled
0:12:50 > 0:12:52to stop people crossing them without permission.
0:12:55 > 0:12:58Karol is a border guard at Bezledy,
0:12:58 > 0:13:01and looks after the vehicles crossing between Poland and Russia.
0:13:54 > 0:13:58Karol's son Wiktor is nine years old.
0:14:02 > 0:14:06Wiktor is a keen boy scout, and on Saturday mornings
0:14:06 > 0:14:08he spends time with his friends at his scout club.
0:14:37 > 0:14:39Wiktor is on a trail exercise,
0:14:39 > 0:14:42looking for clues left by his fellow scouts.
0:14:42 > 0:14:46In a way, it is quite similar to his dad's job as a border guard.
0:14:46 > 0:14:48His father is constantly on the lookout
0:14:48 > 0:14:51for signs of illegal activity,
0:14:51 > 0:14:55but the dense forests of this area of Poland make Karol's job tricky.
0:14:56 > 0:14:59Luckily, he has the right equipment for the job!
0:16:01 > 0:16:04CHILDREN SING IN POLISH
0:16:28 > 0:16:30After the morning's scouting activities,
0:16:30 > 0:16:32Wiktor is picked up by his dad.
0:16:43 > 0:16:46Karol has a trip planned for his son, to show him
0:16:46 > 0:16:49the difference between a closed and an open border.
0:17:08 > 0:17:12If you follow the border east from Bezledy for two and a half hours,
0:17:12 > 0:17:15you will come to a point where three countries meet -
0:17:16 > 0:17:18Poland, Russia and Lithuania.
0:18:28 > 0:18:31With Poland opening its borders to other EU countries,
0:18:31 > 0:18:36it has become less isolated and open to outside influences.
0:19:20 > 0:19:23The Second World War started in Poland.
0:19:23 > 0:19:26In September 1939, the Nazis invaded the country.
0:19:30 > 0:19:32The Nazis' leader, Adolf Hitler,
0:19:32 > 0:19:35wanted a Greater Germany for pure Germans only.
0:19:42 > 0:19:45He attacked anyone who didn't agree with his master plan.
0:19:48 > 0:19:51He specifically targeted the Jewish population.
0:19:52 > 0:19:54Most Jews were made to wear yellow stars
0:19:54 > 0:19:57and taken away from their homes.
0:19:57 > 0:19:59They were sent to ghettos to isolate them
0:19:59 > 0:20:01and make them easier to control.
0:20:05 > 0:20:07Rutka Laskier lived in one of these ghettos,
0:20:07 > 0:20:10and is often called the Polish Anne Frank.
0:20:10 > 0:20:13She too wrote a diary about what it was like
0:20:13 > 0:20:16being a Jewish girl under German occupation.
0:20:48 > 0:20:50Maja is 11 years old and lives in Bedzin,
0:20:51 > 0:20:53the town where Rutka wrote her diary.
0:21:25 > 0:21:29The ghettos were only a temporary solution.
0:21:29 > 0:21:32Eventually, the Jews were sent to concentration camps
0:21:32 > 0:21:34where millions of them died.
0:21:36 > 0:21:40One well-known camp was Auschwitz, which is the German name
0:21:40 > 0:21:44for Oswiecim, a little town in the south of Poland.
0:21:48 > 0:21:53Malgorzata Jakubas is 29 years old and studies political science.
0:21:53 > 0:21:57She is learning all about the Holocaust and human rights law.
0:21:58 > 0:22:02Her college building was originally part of the concentration camp.
0:22:46 > 0:22:48Adolf Hitler spoke against Jews and blamed them
0:22:48 > 0:22:52for everything that had gone wrong in Germany's past.
0:22:53 > 0:22:56The German people were looking for someone to blame
0:22:56 > 0:22:59and Hitler was there to urge them on.
0:22:59 > 0:23:03This hatred grew into what we now remember as the Holocaust.
0:23:09 > 0:23:11It wasn't just the Jews that were
0:23:11 > 0:23:14sent to die in the concentration camps.
0:23:14 > 0:23:18Hitler and his gang also targeted the mentally ill and the disabled.
0:23:32 > 0:23:37Poland was under Nazi occupation for six years, and during this time
0:23:37 > 0:23:40nearly a quarter of the Polish population were killed.
0:23:42 > 0:23:44Three million of them were Jewish.
0:24:24 > 0:24:27The Auschwitz museum is there to remind us
0:24:27 > 0:24:30that we must never forget the victims who died here.
0:25:24 > 0:25:27A few months after Rutka wrote these lines,
0:25:27 > 0:25:30she was taken to Auschwitz, where she tragically died.
0:25:51 > 0:25:55The majority of Jews transported to Auschwitz-Birkenau
0:25:55 > 0:25:57died in the gas chambers...
0:25:59 > 0:26:01..most of them within an hour of arriving here.
0:26:06 > 0:26:09For this group of Israeli Jews,
0:26:09 > 0:26:14visiting this place is a particularly emotional experience.
0:26:14 > 0:26:19I think every person should know it can happen everywhere,
0:26:19 > 0:26:25all the time, if people don't pay attention onto each other,
0:26:25 > 0:26:27if people don't take care,
0:26:27 > 0:26:31if people don't see behind their shoulders
0:26:31 > 0:26:36and just think for themselves, it can happen everywhere.
0:27:13 > 0:27:15Poland is mainly a Roman Catholic country.
0:27:19 > 0:27:2190% of Poles have been baptised,
0:27:21 > 0:27:24and about 40% go to church regularly.
0:27:27 > 0:27:30Christmas and Easter are very important dates.
0:27:39 > 0:27:42Another major event is All Saints' Day.
0:27:42 > 0:27:45People all over Poland visit the graves of loved ones
0:27:45 > 0:27:48and place candles and flowers on graves.
0:27:53 > 0:27:56The special candles, which can burn for many hours,
0:27:56 > 0:27:59are placed there so that departed souls
0:27:59 > 0:28:01can find their way through the darkness.
0:28:03 > 0:28:06The Gregorczyk-Janik family lives in Lec,
0:28:06 > 0:28:09a little village outside Warsaw.
0:28:09 > 0:28:12For Agata, All Saints' Day is a very important day.
0:28:46 > 0:28:49All Saints' Day starts with an early Mass
0:28:49 > 0:28:52attended by the whole family including eight-year-old Jeremi.
0:29:10 > 0:29:15The family stop to buy some flowers, and meet up with grandparents.
0:29:49 > 0:29:53Tradition is not just important in the countryside,
0:29:53 > 0:29:56it also has its place in the modern cities like Warsaw.
0:30:00 > 0:30:04STRING GROUP PLAYS FOLK MUSIC
0:30:15 > 0:30:20THEY SING IN POLISH
0:30:36 > 0:30:40The Warsaw Village Band plays traditional Polish folk music
0:30:40 > 0:30:42combined with modern elements.
0:30:44 > 0:30:47Maciej Szajkowski plays percussion in the band.
0:32:13 > 0:32:16After visiting the graves of their ancestors,
0:32:16 > 0:32:19the Gregorczyk-Janik family gather for lunch.
0:35:14 > 0:35:18Poland produces 82% of its electricity from coal.
0:35:26 > 0:35:27Much of that power -
0:35:27 > 0:35:30around one-fifth of the country's electricity -
0:35:30 > 0:35:34is produced from just one plant, Elektrownia Belchatow,
0:35:34 > 0:35:35in central Poland.
0:35:42 > 0:35:45This huge power plant produces enough electricity
0:35:45 > 0:35:47to power the whole of Scotland.
0:35:47 > 0:35:52It is Europe's largest thermal power plant, and its biggest polluter.
0:35:52 > 0:35:54According to the European Commission,
0:35:54 > 0:35:58it emitted close to 32 million tonnes of CO2 in 2010.
0:36:00 > 0:36:03Belchatow power station produces its electricity from coal,
0:36:03 > 0:36:06dug out from this huge open-cast mine.
0:36:11 > 0:36:15Piotr Dominiak is a journalist and a passionate environment campaigner.
0:37:24 > 0:37:26Belchatow open-cast mine
0:37:26 > 0:37:29produces low-quality brown coal for its power plant.
0:37:30 > 0:37:32Pniowek Coal Mine is a deep-cast mine.
0:37:35 > 0:37:38Its black high-quality coal is used for providing electricity,
0:37:38 > 0:37:41heating homes and for heavy industry.
0:37:44 > 0:37:47Slawek Polak is a foreman in this mine.
0:38:33 > 0:38:35Poland is highly dependent on coal
0:38:35 > 0:38:39because it's used to provide most of Poland's electricity.
0:38:39 > 0:38:41It is also exported to other countries.
0:38:43 > 0:38:47The coal industry is a major employer, with over 100,000 workers,
0:38:50 > 0:38:52so any reduction in coal production
0:38:52 > 0:38:54will have a big impact on employment.
0:40:06 > 0:40:09As a member of the European Union Poland will be expected
0:40:09 > 0:40:14to eventually switch from using coal to using cleaner power sources.
0:40:14 > 0:40:17But the end of mining will have a huge impact
0:40:17 > 0:40:18on the people who work there.
0:40:50 > 0:40:54Poland does potentially have another very lucrative power source.
0:41:26 > 0:41:29Renewable energy occurs naturally and continuously
0:41:29 > 0:41:31and does not get used up.
0:41:32 > 0:41:36In 2010 Poland didn't generate much renewable energy -
0:41:36 > 0:41:37only 9%.
0:41:39 > 0:41:45By 2020 they are hoping to raise this to 15%.
0:41:45 > 0:41:47In Scotland we are aiming to generate
0:41:47 > 0:41:50the equivalent of 100% of our electricity
0:41:50 > 0:41:52from renewables by 2020.
0:41:57 > 0:42:00Another way to reduce pollution created by power plants
0:42:00 > 0:42:03is to use less energy.
0:42:03 > 0:42:05The 50/50 scheme does exactly that.
0:42:06 > 0:42:08Wiktoria is 12 years old
0:42:08 > 0:42:12and her school is keen to create a greener future.
0:42:30 > 0:42:32Schools involved with the 50/50 programme
0:42:32 > 0:42:35work hard to reduce their energy bills.
0:42:35 > 0:42:39They get 50% of the money saved back to buy equipment
0:42:39 > 0:42:40and materials for the pupils.
0:43:54 > 0:43:56To meet its EU targets
0:43:56 > 0:44:00Poland needs to improve its recycling as well.
0:44:00 > 0:44:05In 2010 less than 15% of municipal waste was recycled in Poland,
0:44:05 > 0:44:09well below the UK at 25%.
0:44:12 > 0:44:14Some would say Poland still has a long way to go
0:44:14 > 0:44:17when it comes to green issues.
0:44:17 > 0:44:20With coal being such a huge part of the Polish economy,
0:44:20 > 0:44:23it is hard to make the leap to sustainable energy.
0:44:30 > 0:44:34The first thing most people learn in any new language is how to swear.
0:44:34 > 0:44:38The next thing with Polish is how tricky it is.
0:44:38 > 0:44:39The Polish language is said to be
0:44:39 > 0:44:42one of the most difficult languages to learn
0:44:42 > 0:44:44and it's not very catchy to foreigners.
0:44:44 > 0:44:49"Tak" is "yes", "nie" is "no",
0:44:49 > 0:44:51"witaj" is "welcome",
0:44:51 > 0:44:53"czesc" is "hi",
0:44:53 > 0:44:55and "do widzenia" is "goodbye".
0:44:58 > 0:44:59Polish grammar is full of traps
0:44:59 > 0:45:03and the biggest one is numbers, especially number two.
0:45:05 > 0:45:09There are 17 forms dependant on how it is used in a sentence!
0:45:14 > 0:45:17Although 97% of Poles speak Polish
0:45:17 > 0:45:19there are a few other major languages -
0:45:19 > 0:45:22German, Lithuanian and Kashubian,
0:45:22 > 0:45:26the only officially recognised regional language in Poland.
0:45:31 > 0:45:35Pawel aged 13 attends school in Staniszewo,
0:45:35 > 0:45:37a typical Kashubian village.
0:46:04 > 0:46:07Most of the 50,000 Kashubian speakers
0:46:07 > 0:46:11live in north central Poland in the region of Pomerania.
0:46:11 > 0:46:14In Kashubia, there are still some strong signs
0:46:14 > 0:46:16of the Kashubian culture.
0:46:21 > 0:46:23Kashubian folk dancing is very popular
0:46:23 > 0:46:26and Pawel is a member of his school dance group.
0:46:42 > 0:46:45There was a time when Kashubian culture was suppressed.
0:46:45 > 0:46:49The communist government controlled all aspects of Polish life
0:46:49 > 0:46:51and Pawel's teacher still remembers the time
0:46:51 > 0:46:54when it was even forbidden to speak Kashubian.
0:47:37 > 0:47:42One of the tourist attractions in Kashubia is the upside down house.
0:47:42 > 0:47:45It was built as an artistic statement about the communist era
0:47:45 > 0:47:47and current state of the world.
0:48:08 > 0:48:12Many tourists who visit complain of mild seasickness
0:48:12 > 0:48:16and dizziness after just a few minutes of being in this house.
0:48:18 > 0:48:21The upside down house was built by Daniel Czapiewski -
0:48:21 > 0:48:24Polish businessman and patriotic Kashubian.
0:48:37 > 0:48:40For a traditional language like Kashubian to survive,
0:48:40 > 0:48:42it not only needs to be taught in school,
0:48:42 > 0:48:44but it has to be spoken at home.
0:49:33 > 0:49:36The Kashubian tradition is alive and well in this area,
0:49:36 > 0:49:40but for the Kashubian language it is make-or-break time.
0:50:13 > 0:50:18Did you know that Poland is 12th in the world education ranking?
0:50:18 > 0:50:21This is well above the UK, coming in at 20.
0:50:26 > 0:50:29With a ranking like that you would expect all Polish schools
0:50:29 > 0:50:34to be modern and hi tech, but there is a big variety.
0:50:34 > 0:50:37They range from old-fashioned buildings in need of renovation
0:50:37 > 0:50:40to brand spanking new schools.
0:50:43 > 0:50:47What is school like in Poland if you are Scottish?
0:50:47 > 0:50:52Meet Emelia, she is 14 years old and moved to Warsaw when she was eight.
0:50:53 > 0:50:55Her family have recently returned to Scotland,
0:50:55 > 0:51:00but she's back in Poland for a brief visit to her old school.
0:51:00 > 0:51:03It's really funny being back in my old city
0:51:03 > 0:51:06where I used to go to school, just right here.
0:51:06 > 0:51:08It will be really interesting
0:51:08 > 0:51:10because I've not been here for a few months
0:51:10 > 0:51:12and all of a sudden I'm back in my old life.
0:51:14 > 0:51:16I can't wait to see my friends,
0:51:16 > 0:51:18it will be great to catch up with them
0:51:18 > 0:51:20and talk about their first few weeks of school.
0:51:21 > 0:51:25Emelia used to go to this school, Szkola Marzen,
0:51:25 > 0:51:30it's a small private school in the outskirts of Warsaw.
0:51:30 > 0:51:32Some Polish parents decide to pay for schooling
0:51:32 > 0:51:36as they feel it will improve their child's education.
0:51:37 > 0:51:39Emelia's class have no idea
0:51:39 > 0:51:42they are about to see their old classmate again.
0:51:53 > 0:51:55Polish education's really academic,
0:51:55 > 0:51:58so you're getting tested all the time
0:51:58 > 0:52:01and everything comes down to your final grades.
0:52:03 > 0:52:07'You're just told to memorise things, write a test
0:52:07 > 0:52:11'and then you forget everything. And in Scotland,
0:52:11 > 0:52:14'I've even gone up a year and I still find in Poland'
0:52:14 > 0:52:19they're already a step ahead of you, pushing you.
0:52:25 > 0:52:27Samuel is eight years old
0:52:27 > 0:52:32and attends a typical Polish school just outside Warsaw.
0:52:35 > 0:52:38The Polish government has recently invested a lot of money
0:52:38 > 0:52:39in its schools.
0:52:41 > 0:52:44But not as much as its European neighbours.
0:53:03 > 0:53:07Samuel's original school building was built 40 years ago,
0:53:07 > 0:53:09but recently a brand-new wing was built.
0:53:30 > 0:53:33Samuel's mother Melvina is a teacher at his school.
0:53:34 > 0:53:37Things have changed a lot since her schooldays.
0:53:37 > 0:53:39The teaching was traditional
0:53:39 > 0:53:43in the way that we had to listen and repeat.
0:53:43 > 0:53:47And I think that there was much more discipline in those years.
0:53:47 > 0:53:50I don't really remember if it was interesting or not interesting,
0:53:50 > 0:53:52it's hard to say because it was a long time ago.
0:53:52 > 0:53:56Yeah, it was different, not so much fun, I think.
0:53:58 > 0:53:59That's very good.
0:53:59 > 0:54:04So today we have a lesson about Halloween also, OK?
0:54:04 > 0:54:07What is that? Who remembers?
0:54:07 > 0:54:09OK, but in English.
0:54:09 > 0:54:13Melvina teaches English to children starting as young as six.
0:54:14 > 0:54:16Pumpkin, OK.
0:54:16 > 0:54:19'You have to learn English from the first grade
0:54:19 > 0:54:20'at primary school.'
0:54:20 > 0:54:22It's, like, obligatory.
0:54:22 > 0:54:27It is obligatory for the whole of education - in primary school,
0:54:27 > 0:54:29junior high and then secondary school.
0:54:29 > 0:54:33And in many, many kindergartens now, also languages,
0:54:33 > 0:54:35different languages are taught.
0:54:37 > 0:54:39She's a witch, yes. Very good.
0:54:39 > 0:54:44To start with, Polish and Scottish primary schools are quite similar,
0:54:44 > 0:54:46but by age nine or ten,
0:54:46 > 0:54:50the children change classes and teachers every 40 minutes.
0:54:50 > 0:54:53From the fourth grade they have separate subjects
0:54:53 > 0:54:55with different teachers.
0:54:55 > 0:54:58So it is difficult for them, especially in the very beginning,
0:54:58 > 0:55:01when they have to remember about different things,
0:55:01 > 0:55:04and they have to get to know different teachers,
0:55:04 > 0:55:05different characters.
0:55:09 > 0:55:11It's time for Samuel's school lunch
0:55:11 > 0:55:15and it's a hearty affair with soup and a main course.
0:55:37 > 0:55:40But for Emelia, school lunch is one of the things
0:55:40 > 0:55:42she definitely hasn't missed.
0:55:42 > 0:55:45Lots of people say that their favourite time at school is lunch,
0:55:45 > 0:55:48but for me that was definitely not the case.
0:55:48 > 0:55:52I didn't particularly like Polish food,
0:55:52 > 0:55:55some of it was quite nice,
0:55:55 > 0:55:59but the pierogi and the potato pancakes aren't nice.
0:56:40 > 0:56:43Poland is a country of food lovers.
0:56:43 > 0:56:46Although Polish food may not be the most varied and exotic,
0:56:46 > 0:56:50there are quite a few main dishes that hold a special place
0:56:50 > 0:56:51in the Poles' hearts.
0:57:02 > 0:57:05A soup with eggs and sausage sometimes served inside bread.
0:57:11 > 0:57:14Another popular soup is red borscht - beetroot soup.
0:57:24 > 0:57:27Golonka is pork knuckle served with cabbage stew.
0:57:31 > 0:57:34Polish pork cutlets are breaded and fried.
0:57:35 > 0:57:38But there is one dish which is most popular,
0:57:38 > 0:57:40although it's not originally from Poland.
0:57:51 > 0:57:54These dough dumplings can be filled with almost anything -
0:57:54 > 0:57:59potatoes, onions, cheese, cabbage, meat, mushrooms, spinach,
0:57:59 > 0:58:00you name it.
0:58:03 > 0:58:08But Polish cuisine is not just about food. It's also about hospitality.
0:58:08 > 0:58:12There's even a popular saying that says "a guest in the house
0:58:12 > 0:58:15"is a god in the house".
0:58:15 > 0:58:18So next time you visit your Polish neighbours
0:58:18 > 0:58:21you can be certain that you won't leave their house hungry.
0:58:21 > 0:58:23In fact they won't let you leave
0:58:23 > 0:58:26until every last piece of food is eaten.
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