A Weekend in Krakow, Poland

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Darwin Leyva Ayala

<i>Home Institution</i>: Brandeis University <i>Expected Graduation Year</i>: 2024 <i>Academic Major / Minor</i>: Business & International and Global Studies <i>Destination</i>: Madrid, Spain <i>"Hello" in your host country's language</i>: Hola <i>Program Provider</i>: IES <i>Demographics</i>: Hispanic/Latinx, First-Generation College Student <i>Future Career Goals</i>: My future career goals include working for an international company working as a quantitive data analyst or consultant to a global scale, in hopes to find a job that lets me live and work abroad to do business all over the world. <i>Top Three Study Abroad Goals</i>: I hope to try and enjoy as much food as I can, enjoy traveling all over the country and beyond, and immerse myself into the culture of lifestyle of those around me.

On our first day in Krakow, we did an Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum tour. It was a very sad, emotional, and hard visit, but it was definitely worthwhile. I learned more about what had happened in the camps, and it was definitely much more emotional being there physically than reading about it in a textbook. Out of respect, I did not take pictures of my time at the museum, but there is a photo diary below of my time in the town (Krakow).

Photo diary from Krakow, Poland