Kostas and Eleni are siblings from Cyprus who enjoy traveling. They randomly selected Czestochowa, Poland on their globe. To get there, they will fly from Larnaca to Warsaw for €128 each way, then take an intercity train from Warsaw to Czestochowa for €25 each way. They will stay at the Ibis Hotel in Czestochowa for €45 per night for 3 nights. Their total estimated trip cost is €866. Key sites they plan to visit in Czestochowa include the Jasna Gora Monastery and its Black Madonna icon, and a large mural by famous artist Thomas Setwski.

1. Travelling to Czestochowa….

2. Let’s go to Chestochowa…….
Kostas and Eleni are brother and sister. They come from Cyprus. They live in Strovolos and
they are in the 5th grade of Chryseleousa Primary School. They love travelling and they like
playing with the globe. They close their eyes, spin the globe and then they stop it with a
finger by touching it a point on the globe. If that point happens to be Beijing or in some-
where in Madagascar or in Mexico, they look it up on the Internet or in a library and try to
collect information about that place. This time they pointed at Czestochowa, a town in the
south of Poland.
The journey begins... Let’s follow them ....

3. Eleni,Ithinkthatif we want to go
to Czestochowa, we needtofirst
travel to Warsaw, the capital of
Poland.WizzAirisa good airline choice,
because we canget a directflighttoWar-
saw fromLarnaca airport, the one nearest
to our town.
Very goodidea. We will have to
calculate the total costof travel-
ling. The returnplane ticketto
Warsaw costs128 Euro foreach
personandthe Intercityreturn
trainticketto Czestochowacosts
25 Euro each.
It seemsok.We needtoalsoestimate
the cost of our accommodation.Ibis
Hotel isa good choice.Itcosts 45 Euro
pernightincludingbreakfast.Soitwill
cost us (3Χ45)Χ2= 270 Euro intotal.
Great! That will
give usa chance to
walkaroundthe
beautiful oldtownof Warsaw.ButKostas,
we needtobear inmindthat if we wantto
getto Czestochowawe needtogetthe
trainor the busfromWarsaw. I thinkthe
trainis a betteridea. We canget toour
destinationin3hours. What doyou think?
So, two return ticketsby128 Euro
equals:
2Χ 128 = 256 Euro
And2 trainticketsto Czestochowa
2X 25 = 50
50 X 2 = 100
Total cost356 Euro. Itseemslike a
veryreasonable price. Whatdo
youthinkKosta?
Good! We alsoneedtocalcu-
late our meal expenses. We
will staythere for3 days and
we needtopay for2 more
mealsa dayeach. If eachmeal
costs approximately20Euro
thenwe will pay:
3 Χ (2 Χ 20) Χ 2 = 240 Eurofor
the 3 days of our stay
This means that our trip
will cost us approximate-
ly 866 Euro in total. Let’s
go!!!
Using the local cur-
rency, out trip will
cost us 3464 Zloty.

4. PLACES OF INTEREST
The firstplace of interestwe are
visiting,will be JansaGora,with
the miraculousiconof the Black
Madonna, that every year
attracts millionsof pilgrimswho
travel on footforseveral days
coveringmanykilometers. They
arrive at JansaGora onthe 15th
of August, whichisacelebration
day forthe Madonna.
Jasna Góra Avenue

5. PLACES OF INTEREST
Eleni, we are visitingthe towerof Vavel,the larg-
estgraffiti intown,thatwasmade in2014 by
ThomasSetwski, one of the mostfamousartistsof
Czestochowa.It’sinspiredbythemesfromthe Bi-
ble andfrom mythology.
HeyCostas,let’snotforgetto have a lookat the 2
-metre-highbronze statueof the Pope, apilgrim
on hiswayto the JasnaGora Monastery.Andalso
the giantcross infront of the statue that symbol-
izesa gate for the pilgrims.
I definitelywanttotake a
photographnexttothe
2007 sculpture thatde-
pictsHalinaPoswia-
towska, a famouspoet
fromCzestochowa,witha
cat byher legs.

6. Yummy…… Yummy…..
A portion of Pierogi
please!!!
POLISH DELICACIES
They are a type of polish pasta that
are filled with ingredients like meat,
sour cream, mushrooms or even
seasonal fruit – strawberries,
blueberries and cherries - cottage
cheese or boiled potato with fried
onions. Pierogi are traditionally
served on Christmas.
Bigos isone of the most typical dishesof
Polandanditconsistsof piecesof pickled
cabbage, freshcabbage,amixture of meats
and vegetables, driedmushroomsandprunes.
Bicosis one of the
mosttypical dishesof
Polandandit consistsof pieces
of pickledcabbage, freshcabbage,amixture
of meatsand vegetables, driedmushrooms
and prunes.

7. MOREPOLISH DELICACIES
Thisis a verysimple dish thatconsistsof
cabbage, pork, home made noodlesand
vegetables(usuallychoppedonionsand
gratedcarrots).It’s deliciousandveryeasy to
prepare.
It’sa typical traditionalPolishdish
made witha mixture of mincedpork,
rice, onionsandmushroomsthatis
wrappedinwhite cabbage leaves.Variations
withchicken,lamborno meatat all are also
verycommon.It’sverysimilartoour
“Lachanodolma”.
Rosól is the mostcommonsoupinPoland.It’s
veryeasyand quicktoprepare,andit’susually
servedwithhome made noodles.Itcontains
chicken,onion,leak, celery,cabbage, saltand
pepper.
These Polishpancakesare verythinandare
servedeitherwithamixture of cheese, sugar,
marmalade andfruit, orwithmeatand
vegetables. Eitherway,theyare alwaysdelicious.