The Bridges for Education Camp Directors conference will be held in Krakow, Poland from Friday afternoon, Dec 2nd - Sunday morning, Dec 4th. Dinner will be served around 6pm on Friday and the farewell breakfast at 8am on Sunday.

All costs for the two nights and 5 meals will be covered by Bridges for Education. Your transportation costs however, are your own. On Saturday there will be a review and discussion of the BFE contract and Camp Directors manual and inspection of the facilities for the BFE camp in Krakow. We hope you will attend this conference and meet with the other BFE Camp Directors so you can also arrange for the exchange of students for summer 2006. There is a limited number of places so please confirm asap.

Location:

Specjalny Osrodek Szkolno-Wychowawczy dla Dzieci Niewidomych i Slabowidzacych
30-319 Krakow, ul. Tyniecka 7
(The School for the Visually Impaired)

Contact:

Wojciech Szeliga

contact telephone number: 0501 45 05 86 (cell phone)
For more details write to: wojtekszeliga@interia.pl

Krakow, Poland

a city map/plan at www.maporama.com, just write the name of the street, the city, the country and the postal code and there will be a nice plan of the area :)

How to get there:

--> From the airport:

bus no 208 - in front of the terminal on the right at 16:09, 16:47, 18:07,19:10, 19:53, 21:28 and the last one 22:21 after about 30 min you get off at the bus stop Czarnowiejska and you change into bus no 173 (goes every 10-15 min) and get off on the 4th stop (Konopnickiej) then you walk along the street on your right which is perpendicular to the bridge and parallel to the Vistula River for about 5-10 minutes. The building is on your left, you can't miss it. Remember, you have to buy a new ticket every time you board the bus and for the luggage as well if it's bigger than 60cm X 40cm X 20cm

Another bus, more frequent from the airport is 192 but you will have to get off at the Cracovia Hotel and then turn right and get on again on any bus (apart from X08) and get off at the second stop (Konopnickiej) If you are strong enough, you don't need to take any buses, you can just walk over the bridge (5-10min) and then turn right and walk for another 5-10 min.

Another option is taking a taxi from the airport which shouldn't cost more than 35PLN, but ask before getting into it as there are some dishonest drivers:(

--> From the railway station:

(btw, it's better to be avoided as it is now a huge building site and all the traffic around it has been diverted, so you will have to ask for Politechnika bus stop and take bus 124 in the direction of RUCZAJ and then get off at the 7th bus stop which is also called Konopnickiej and then walk (see above)

Please contact me to make your reservation and for any other questions.

Your host,