Hotel Kamieniec Oswiecim

... be taken to the gas chambers the moment they arrived. Families were torn apart forever, at the notorious dividing platform. Then once the healthier prisoners were taken through the gates, they were told that they only way out was through the chimney. And that’s exactly what happened there.

We got to go into the actual gas chamber used in Auschwitz- a place where the prisoners were told they would be taking a shower. They then were put in a large room ...

... been told that it meant “work makes free” but our guide translated as “work makes freedom”. Passing into the actual camp means under this slogan, past electrified barbed wire fences, two of them with several feet between. I could picture patrolling guards and dogs between these two fences.
It seems like all the blocks in Auschwitz are still standing. This was Auschwitz I and it is not that large of a place. We walked through the whole of ...

... us we couldn't face walking the mountains in the rain so we headed inland to Wroclaw to check out our first Polish city and hopefully calmer weather back on the Polish planes. In the quite countryside of the Czech Republic and Poland we have had time to reflect on our journey and start to piece together our next journey to our final destination in Adelaide. Its been a pretty amazing four months on the road and the van and changing landscape feels like home, but unfortunately we have to ...

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We arrived just before 9 and did our own tour. There is a lot of information presented to read. We were ahead of all the tour groups which was nice as they made the rooms and buildings hot when they all came in.

I will not go into the sad details of Auschwitz, you can read about it at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auschwitz_ concentration_camp

It was very moving and sad and at times unbelievable that this happened and ...

... in Birkenouw (the extention of Auschwitz) they seemed to stretch forever into the distance. It was also so saddening to see all the clothes and shoes and everyday items that were taken from the prisoners. The worst was that the prisoners really thought they were just being moved to another country for re-settlement so brought all their best gear and there are all these pictures of them just lining up ...

... Castle sits as an imposing sight on the distant edge of Ryneck Glowny (Market Square). A trumpter heralds every hour from the top of the Church in Market Square and stops midway, to designate when the actual trumpter advising of upcoming peril, was shot midway his signal. Food is extremely cheap here, one can have a very good meal for about $4. It really doesn't pay to self cater. I am staying in Greg Tom Hostel, great place and clean with ...

... still own their city - every pub and cafe has a few tourists, but an overwhelming majority of Polish locals! Speaking of cafes, I'm a HUGE fan of Polish food. My particular favourite (which I had sampled in Australia already, thanks Jess!) is a dish called pierogi, or polish dumplings. They are sort of like ravioli, stuffed with meat, cabbage ...

... to do a very good time, he usually does around 4 and a half hours. Dan (from Bristol, who hasn't gone home yet) and I decided to watch King Kong. Peter joined us for a short while. It was a long film with a few too many dragged out fight scenes but very good special effects. I was pleased when it was over so I could go to sleep, it was 23:00. Saturday 6th of May. Marathon Day I had been told that the forecast was for a little light rain and as all ...

... of bible-scenes, chiselled a tile-effect flooring and decorated the whole with salt-crystal chandeliers. We were so taken aback, we even forgot to stick our tongues out and ingest a portion of our 10 kg visitors' allowance. The other visit, that everyone should make even though it is not an easy one, is to Aushwitz (or, in the Polish, Oswiecim). After the disastrous Terror House exhibition in Budapest, there was the concern that it would have been turned into ...

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Birkenau var en døds- og utryddelsesleir.
I januar 1942 startet man med de første gassingene med Zyklon-B i Bunker I, og likene ble lagt i massegraver i nærheten. I slutten av juni  tok man i bruk gasskammer nummer to (Bunker II) for å utrydde jødene som nå kom i stadig større antall. Gasskamrene var i kontinuerlig bruk, og med en gjennomsnittlig levetid på tre måneder ble en million fanger drept hvert år ...