Thursday – 2nd of August
Arrival of the Polish group and guides
Welcoming the Polish group at the airport of Charleroi (Belgian guides)
Reception in Ruiselede by host families: check-in
Friday – 3rd of August
Visit to Bruges: guided tour, sight-seeing, visiting monuments and museums. Extra focus on the medieval link between Bruges and Gdansk (trading cities) and the history of WWI in Bruges, free time
Official reception of the group by the local government at the town hall of Ruiselede
Visit to Piano’s Maene
Walk through Ruiselede
Participating in the ‘Molenfeesten’
Saturday – 4th of August
Lasershooting in Ghent
Visit to Ghent: guided tour, sight-seeing, visiting monuments and museums. Extra focus on the history of WWI in Ghent, free time, free lunch
Participating in the ‘Molenfeesten’
Sunday – 5th of August
Holy Mass, moment of remembrance at the war monuments in Ruiselede (WWII), information about the liberation of Ruiselede by Polish troops (1944) via app
Lunch
Afternoon activity organised by Bert: search through the city centre
Participating the ‘Molenfeesten’
Monday – 6th of August
Bicycle tour in Ruiselede created by Bieke
Lunch
Discovering the war history of Doomkerke and Ruiselede through a digital storymap
Team Building: Bumper Ball and Pillow fight
Discussion/debate/(European) quiz
Group meal
Polish movie(s) ‘Fighting for others, dying for Poland’ and/or ‘Walesa, man of hope’
Tuesday – 7th of August
Visit to ‘de Westhoek’: Ypres, Diksmuide, Zonnebeke, …: Gocar-ride, visiting several war sites
Lunch
Visit to the Passchendaele War Museum in Zonnebeke and the Tyne Cot-cemetary
Group meal
Visit to Ypres where we will hear the ‘Last Post’ at 8 p.m. and participate in the ceremony
Wednesday – 8th of August
Visit to Brussels: visit to the European Parliament, guided tour, sight-seeing, visiting monuments and museums, visiting the Royal Palace
Thursday – 9th of August
Visit to Ostend
Final gathering with all participants and host families