Mundo Hostel Krakow

... of Sydney. He took us in a backyard used by the youth movements, and told us of their Zionist efforts, and their activism in telling the other Jews, largely to no avail, what fate they were awaiting in the east. Meeting with a Righteous Gentile I was so moved to be in the presence of someone to receive such an honour, that I was in tears even before this elderly and humble man began to speak. Cry #3. He told us (through a translator) how ...

... Now that's exactly the food I like to start my day with. Now that I am rested and fueled up I am ready to explore this beautiful city. First thing this morning I am going to try to take the bus over to Auschwitz and Birkenau. I don't want to miss visiting the two concentration camps since how often am I in the area? I know it will be depressing but I really feel I need to see them. I will let you guys know what I see and find around here later tonight.

... carpet, brown cupboards, a mustard coloured bench seat and wood panelling everywhere. The plus was that we welcomed by a very friendly black and white cat. Sunday 25 May Wieliczka Saltmine is the only place in the world where mining has been continuous from the Middle Ages. It is built on 9 levels and stretches for 300 kilometres. We did the tour which took in only 3 kilometres and saw the salt that oozes through the rock ...

... by the Germans trying to hide what they had been doing or by the liberators and prisoners at the end of the terror. However what remains there is enough to get a clear picture of what happened here. Our driver dropped us off at the far end of the camp which allowed us to walk the 1 km length of rail line from the ruins of the destroyed gas chambers and incinerators and near by memorial to the entrance gate and building ...

... and a Polish teenager who purchased and smuggled forged identification documents to her Jewish classmate. Unfortunately, though, there weren't enough of these stories, and many people actually called the Nazi police to turn them in. For those that didn't actively choose to either assist the Jews or report them, there was often a decision, as well. As Alli said previously, I don't think any of us know exactly how we'd react to having a rifle barrel pointed at ourselves, our ...

Destination 37: km50'803 Zum erstenmal hab ich mich im Datum geirrt und geglaubt es war Freitag statt Samstag. Nichts passiert aber Ausgang in Kosice hat sich anders gestaltet als geplant. Weiter gehts im Sauseschritt zurueck nach Polen nach Krakau. Erster Unfall hinnehmen müssen! Kaum was passiert / kaputt, jedoch Auto touchiert. Erfahrung der Sorte "Lektion dankend entgegengenommen". Nachtrag 30.1.07: Schaden ...

... I could see the city in its true form, however, I wasnt sure if I would actually make it back and would have been disappointed had I not seen the things I wanted to. So the next two days were taken care of...from there, 10 days...what to do. POLAND!!! I went on my way to spend a day and a half in Warsaw on my way to Krakow to stay for a week. Poland is cheap so that would be a great place to chill, recharge the batteries, not carry my bag around, not book trains and hostels and ...

... stuffed inside his remaining clothes...just like spring break in Florida! The next day the story continued as apparently Nick awoke later that night and kinda freaked out about being tied up, tied up so well that the hostel staff had to cut his shoelaces to get himself free, and fell over and cut his head open on an end table...but he took it pretty well and was friendly, but wary of us the rest of the way! (the rest of the way being an overnight train to Prague in the Czech Republic)

There were no drums in the deep, much to my disappointment, but I sent postcards anyway, from the depths of the Wieliczka Salt Mine. I seem to have discovered a hidden passion for salt mining, or how else to explain that the 3-hour tour went by in a flash? We only went down to about 135m below the surface, starting with 54 flights of 7 stairs going down, then our tour ...