Wawel Castle

Street Scape Krakow

Church in Market Square

Fallen Communist Head

We also went to Auschwitz, which was very interesting. Very sobering too. As much as you may have read or seen in other exhibitions or museums (of which we've been to a few on this subject) doesn't ever really prepare you for the actual scale of the sites involved. They are just enormous.

Rail into Birkenau

Hard work freedom

Electric Fences Auschwitz

'Beds' in Birkenau, or Auschwitz camp 2

All in all though, a great weekend away, with lovely weather and food.

Next update will be from South America!!

C and Cx

written by  chrishoorweg on August 17, 2007 from Krakow, Poland
from the travel blog: and one last trip before we come home.........?
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Krakow is over 1000 years old, and it was Poland's old capital. Looking at the place it surprises me that is not currently, but according to legend, Hitler forbade the destruction of the city and that he may have been planning to live here after the Germans won WWII... Whether any of thats true or not I would say that he couldn't have picked a lovelier place to live...

Beautiful castles, the world's largest medieval square, churches, fortifications, streets, etc. Lovely, except for the fucking weather...

It has hardly stopped raining since we left Moscow, particularly in the Baltic States. It has been raining cold and miserable almost every day. Even on days like today when the morning was a little cloudy and about 15degrees, it starts raining in the afternoon... SHITHOUSE!

Well it's about 5 now, we have a train to Prague tonight at about 10:20pm... I am excited because my brother said he might be coming out to meet me and my family in Europe next week!!! Very happy about that, so me and Adam might go and get drunk before the train!

Will write again from Prague!

written by  Big_T on September 15, 2008 from Krakow, Poland
from the travel blog: Big_T's Travel Blog
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