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We drove from Plock to Krakow, which took about 3 hours. It was kind of cool because we got to see some of the Polish country side. Further north was a lot prettier, with lots of trees. As we got closer to Krakow it looked more like hilly farms.
We spent about a day and a half in Krakow. It was a cool looking older city. The squares were …
Segways and Swingdancing
... labourers on site. Between the three sites and by the time liberation occurred in 1945, approximately 1.1 million Jews, 150 thousand Poles, 23 thousand Gypsies, 15 thousand soviet POW's and 25 thousand others had lost their lives at Auschwitz. We had been expecting a highly emotional day and perhaps that was our mistake... Expecting too much. The buildings are there, the photos are there and the stories are there but somehow it just didn't touch us. ...
Krakow, my new favourite city.
... in Poland, but it would end up being too expensive after transport and ammunition. So I booked for the small indoor range in Krakow. I got there and filled out a form (didn't even show ID) and was given some hearing protection and safety glasses. I had payed for a package which included 20 rounds with a .38 revolver, 20 with a glock 9mm, 20 with beretta 9mm, 20 with AK-47, and 10 with pump action shotgun. So much fun. The pistols were really good (and the range officer said I ...
Podgorze and Kazimierz
... It lasted for about an hour and a half and the crew were confined to their seats and couldn't serve dinner! Needless to say, I white-knuckled it. All of you who know how much I like to fly know how it must have been for Romy. Once we got over the Rockies, it was better. Otherwise, the trip was fine and we slept most of the way. Ok---signing off! More ...
Eye opening and moving experience
... died at these various camps, and Berkanau (the largest) imprisoned 90,000 men, women and children at any one time. Arguably the most horrific practice of genocide the world has ever seen saw people of all ages striped of clothes, their hair cut, imprisoned or otherwise herded to the gas chambers and cremated soon after. From the time of their arrival, many people would merely last an hour at the camp.
The experience is one that ...
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