Hotel Artur Krakow

... that ranks behind seeing Robert Frank’s video of a Patti Smith song in Hanoi, the day after my panic attack. Now that was weird.

So I make it a lazy Sunday in Krakow, foregoing the death camp tours in favor of a DIY walk around the town itself, the old Jewish ghetto and the fort and whatever else I happen into. That’s what Sundays are for, wherever you happen to find yourself. Tomorrow I’m back on the road, by train on to Wroclaw.

... It was pretty cool. $8. The guide was Polish, so i hardly understood anything. But i think i was getting the main things. They rushed us very much though. And another excursion I had was a cavein the castle leading to the bottom of the hill. One of those hidden ways for kings to get out if the castle is attacked, i presume. Nothing too impressive, but I didn't mind the lack of ghosts and other impressive creatures. ;)
One thing i didn't ...

... war in Iraq to be bothered with trying to solve a real conflict within Africa. How can we call ourselves a free, just and educated western society when we allow places like Guantanimo bay to exist, where people can be detained without charge or proof, and are in all likely hood tortured and with no prospects of release violating the all of their human rights. For Hitler it was the 'creation of a German master race', for Mr.Bush and Mr.Blair it was 'was on terror'; because it's given a ...

... them. As i type this i feel really upset again. Its horrible to imagine. The prisoners who where chosen to stay in the camps lived like animals, Each building would house around 400 people who slept on ********crete floors with straw and about 8 people on each bed. The clothes they wore would not be changed for months, they slept and workedd in the same clothes every day and many died from Disease due to such poor conditions. They were given very basic rations everyday and ...

... tomorrow. So I walked around town with my bag, and went to a cybercafe to look and send some mail. So I contacted people in Oswiecim hoping maybe something would happen, I was also talking to a member in Krakow who had no availability but was currently working in a Youth Hostel. Which was revealing useful as well since I was expecting to end up there. So before talking a decision I sat down and let time ticking by... its been payful as I received a phone call later (while I was ...

... really take photos here because it wasnt the sort of thing I want to have a lot of photos of. And i didnt really get a photo of myself because what was i supposed to do smile in front of the camp. People did and it was a bit wrong. 'Smile your at a death camp!!' Now i said the hostel caused me grief. This is because as i was walking around the camps i noticed a couple of bites on my legs and back. The next day there was 50 bites, the next 100's of bites and after ...

... is about learning about ourselves, human nature and respect. To see this and to make sure that we learn from it and stop it from happening. It's a lesson to be learned that's for sure. Too bad this is how lessons have to be learned though. Hope that wasn't too bad for everyone to read, but that's just how I felt. That was mostly what I wrote in my own journal. I hope it wasn't insensitive or anything because that's not how I intended it. Just what I thought and felt.

... to cover up the genocide that they had undertaken. What remains is about 6 of the wooden structures and then a sea of brick chimneys that were not destroyed by the fires. Upon arrival, we took a tour of Auschwitz I. The gate leading to the entrance of the facility has writing over it that says "Work Will Set You Free". I can't believe that the Nazi's that designed the camp would even go through the trouble of having such a bold face lie on the entrance to a concentration camp. The ...