Olimpijski Hotel Oswiecim

... close range, just to kill more Jews. There were even sadistic experiments performed on people (including twin children so German doctors could learn more about fertility) that would usually end in death or permanent disabilities before their inevitable death in another form.

There were standing cells for prisoners being punished. They would be forced to stand in a small area surrounded in brick for days at a time, then shoved out into the freezing cold snow to ...

... 8217;t used, they are on the location and made from the original materials and chilling to enter and see.
The whole visit takes about 1 hour 40 minutes or so and I think that is due to having to wait for other groups to get out of the way. Were I able to visit on my own, I think it would take more time because the meaning of the blocks and photographs and piles of possessions and barbed wire fences would have more time to sink under my skin and mean more. My ...

... journey with a few weeks in Asia, we had originally planned a few months but we are really keen to get going in Australia and see our new home for the next few years. So a few weeks Island hoping to Australia sounds like a good plan, we may live to regret flying budget but as ever less money means more time on the road. With a rough plan for the future it felt like the last stage of our European tour was now underway, once we toured south Poland and Warsaw to visit my relatives we would be ...

... It was so very hot out and no shade so we left back on the next bus.

Today is an day we will not forget. We cannot understand how anyone would dispute it ever happened.

We leave and are going to Krakow. We try to find camp ground #1. We have a print out, the GPS co-ordinates and it takes us to this little town, down a country road and dead end. We stop and ask at a large restaurant and find out we have to drive 30 minutes into ...

... do a bit of winter shopping as my packing was useless for the cold having not looked past the promised heat of our first 2 months, the shopping mall is huge and new, all shinny and marble, this is the future of Poland, so with new warm socks, scarf and mittens for Rob and 2 under shirts for me we head off to wander around and end up back at the Sheraton "someplace else" pub for lunch were we are getting picked up. (ROB - I notice Jenn doesn't mention that Australia were playing ...

... lotnisku czekalam przez ponad godzine. Tak podekscytowana byla ostatnio, gdy mialam sie zobaczyc z Hania w Kanadzie. Po wiekach oczekiwania, w koncu z hali przylotow wyszla Sarah. Byl taki tlum ludzi, ze zdecydowalam sie stanac na podniesieniu dla bagazu, inaczej nic bym nie widziala. Boze, jak dobrze bylo znowu spotkac Sare! Tesknilam jak 150, tak bardzo sie z nia zzylam w ostatnie wakacje! Tyle czasu minelo od 1 pazdziernika ub. roku, ale nic sie nie zmienila. Gdy siedzialysmy ...

... first two photos above show some of the fantastic buskers we've seen in Krakow's main square. The first was a very spooky girl dressed in black, with a white ghostly mask, and a smaller version on one of her hands. Her eyes and the eyes on her "hand" also flashed. Scary! The second photo shows Krakow's very own Elvis - he is controlled by a ...

... around but not many signs to say where things were. Only 1300 runners were due today so it wasn't too hard to find the place to leave bags and it was warm enough already to hand them in as we arrived. This only meant taking off my fleece and tracksuit bottoms. We found the toilets and as usual queued for 20 minutes. The wheelchair and roller bladders started 5 minutes or so before us. Then we were off. I didn't run with Peter, we had got talking with an ...

... an American family who seemed to know the way and eventually crossed over a miserable-looking grassy patch that might have stood for a football pitch, and headed for the coach park that signalled the entrance. The camp has been preserved much as it was - row upon muddy row of brick barracks. Many of the barracks hold sparing exhibitions, allowing time for reflection. The glass case that struck us both the most looked from afar like a mound of hair. Closer ...

... og firkantede vannhull, så Auschwitz I ut som en liten by med mellomhøye murhus plassert i et nettverk av gater. Inne i husene var det utstillinger hvor man kunne se alle gjenstandene tyskerne hadde samlet opp etter de avdøde fangene. Vi så enorme mengder med briller, krykker, sko, hår, kofferter osv. Se kart over området til Auschwitz I her: http://en.auschwitz.org.pl/z/index.php? option=com_content&task=view&id =7& ...