Days Hotel Katowice

... 1085;я 90;о, а я-то мыть не буду. Тьфу.

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Конц лагер 00; в город 77; Освен 94;име (а верне 77; два лагер ...

... was only minutes away from my hostel. The ride took me through the Polish countryside eventually leading to the town of Oświęcim, which in German is Auschwitz. This was a chance to get a glance at regular Polish life outside of the big city....quite quaint as you may expect. I was dropped off just outside of Auschwitz I, the first of the three camps that make up the Auschwitz system (The other two are Auschwitz II/Birkenau, which I did see, and Auschwitz ...

... is Haruna from Japan and while she speaks English (a requirement of UWP), she still has difficulty every once in a while. Our host dad works for Vattanfall and we live in a small but cozy (and clean! yes!) apartment not far from our main facility.

On the 6th floor.

With no elevator.

I'm going to be so ripped when I get home from carrying my 100+ pound suitcase up those stairs.

Just kidding. It's not 100 pounds. But it is heavy.

He has a son ...

I left USA in May of 2004,bought one way ticket from Cruise Time Vacations in Dunedin Florida and I was on my way to Europe.I didn't know then why I had to leave and why no one wanted to talk to me about the issue.It's a long story.
I managed to take four pieces of luggage two suitcases and two small bags which I thought I will be able to take with me on the plane.I was wrong,the robbery continiued even at the airport.I had to ...

... a full minibus, a dozen more people showed up wanting to go. No room and so we left out. The minibus was serviceable, for a minibus. Crowded but okay. The trip to Auschwitz takes about 1 1/2 hours, so we both listened to our iPods as we watched the Polish countryside through the window. I listened to an album of music written by concentration camp musicians from the concentration camp in Terezin, Czech Republic. We visited there last year, and I thought that this music would ...

... Poles) turning on the Jews and handing them over to the Nazis, this is something I pondered for a long time after it was bluntly stated. One of the things I am really trying to take advantage of as I travel to places I have never been is hands-on knowledge. I said it before; I learn best when I am in the moment. I am trying to educate myself on the history of each place, especially when war is involved, as I stand in the region and read both sides as an objective party. Upon ...

... much the tour, but the shuffling. It's hot... we need a pee and my head is getting sore... all in all I feel very uncomfortable... This could be because of what I'm witnessing.... some kind of bizarre sub concious reaction... After Auschwitz I it's Auschwitz II Birkenau. Auschwitz I was an ex army barracks. Auschwitz II is a flat land with huts and chimney's as far as the eye can see... The train goes straight through the main gate, where the ...

... were picked up buy a man we later learn was the mechanic for the tours! He passed us a note in English explaining our tour guide would meet us out in Nowa Huta and we got in a Polish Fiat with a shag pile dash board and our non English speaking driver and headed out of the city! We picked up another 'tourist' and drove out of the city to the suburb of Nowa Huta and met our ...

We left Prague thinking that c. 450kms to a small town just over the Polish border where we were meeting Marco and Krystyna would take us no longer than 5 hours (and we thought we were being conservative) - we were wrong! Not only did we get hit with horrendous weather conditions, we also managed to get lost and not be able to find the Polish border crossing! It felt quite ridiculous knowing that we were in a town that crosses the Czech and Polish border, and not ...

... so many tourists bother to head out that way, and so the site, which is massive, was practically devoid of people. It's difficult to describe the feelings that you encounter when there. The weather was drab and it started to rain, which seemed fitting. There are numerous iconic points - most notably the view from the watch tower over the site which looks ...