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POLAND | Mon, 27 Mar 2017 | By swathi | Views [739] | Comments [1]
Auschwitz-Birkenau ( 4 th March 2017 )
Krakow, the last city within coach-distance from Brno that I had yet to enter. My dad was coming to visit me for the weekend and I asked him how he felt about a quick trip ... Read more >
Tags: auschwitz, concentration camp
POLAND | Sun, 8 May 2016 | By tiltingwindmills | Views [359]
Warsaw - Wednesday, 4 May
It was a long 8hr bus ride from Lithuania to Warsaw Poland and we arrived quite late in the evening. Since Lauren had not yet been to Warsaw, I accompanied her on a quick reconnaissance of the Old Town, so she could get ... Read more >
Tags: auschwitz, krakow, poland, warsaw
POLAND | Wed, 5 Aug 2015 | By davidpearlman | Views [744]
Busy day yesterday. First I went downstairs to the reception at the hostel to see if the guy working there can call the police lost and found to tell them about my cellphone. (As supposedly they can only talk to someone in the Polish language).... Read more >
Tags: auschwitz, poland
POLAND | Tue, 21 Jul 2015 | By dohnster | Views [594]
Want to know a scary statistic? Before the Holocaust, over 68,000 Jews lived in Kraków. Know how many live here now? 120...
Sorry I'm behind on posting. I've been making my way down Croatia and Montenegro, and I'm waiting for my flight ... Read more >
Tags: auschwitz, concentration camp, kraków, walking tour
POLAND | Thu, 8 Aug 2013 | By deanm | Views [390]
Holy three updates batman!
Krakow
Krakow is an awesome little city, small enough that you can walk anywhere you want to go. Small enough that I stopped needing a map after day two, And It's just touristy enough that you don't notice it.... Read more >
Tags: auschwitz, krakow, salt mines
POLAND | Mon, 9 Jul 2012 | By macedonboy | Views [983]
It was a very short two and a half days in Warsaw when I decided to move on to Krakow. In the evening I got a train ticket from Warsaw Central and had a look at the area around station. Everything around here has dual signs in Polish and English, thanks ... Read more >
Tags: auschwitz, holocaust, krakow, old town, poland, sightseeing, wieliczka, ww2
POLAND | Fri, 27 May 2011 | By drmitch | Views [591]
I decided
to take the day train from Prague to Krakow as I’d read a few dodgy things about the night
train, and find that after night commutes I end up wasting the following day in
any case. Which was lucky as we ended up stopping at some ... Read more >
Tags: auschwitz, birkenhau, castle, concentration camp, krakow, salt mines
POLAND | Fri, 30 Jun 2006 | By warrenr | Views [743]
Krakow in southern Poland is possibly best known internationally due to the movie "Schindler's List" which highlighted the plight of European Jews during World War II. The international airport is named John Paul II. Work that one out for yourself ... Read more >
Tags: auschwitz, birkenau, kazimierz, krakow, poland, schindlers list, travel, warren rodwell, wieliczka, wroclaw