31-MAR-2007
Auschwitz II Concentration Camp (Birkenau)
Quite an emotional day. This was the main concentration camp run by the Nazis in WWII.
31-MAR-2007
Auschwitz I Concentration Camp
This was the entrance to the "Crematorium".
30-MAR-2007
Arbeit Macht Frei
This translates to "Work makes one free", which was not quite the case for the unfortunate thousands forced to be imprisoned and ultimately perish here.
01-APR-2007
Wawel Cathedral
Inside the Wawel Cathedral in the beautiful city of Krakow, Poland.
01-APR-2007
Ding Dong
A shot of one of the huge bells at the top of the Wawel Cathedral.
Poland Fun Facts:
Check out this site:
click here. There are some interesting "facts" about Poland. My favorite being:
There is a Pope channel on TV. Anytime one needs to see the pope, one can tune him in.
01-APR-2007
Up the tower
We had fun walking up flights and flights of these stairs.
01-APR-2007
Beware!
Skull and Crossbones I found in the Cathedral.
31-MAR-2007
Krakow Market
Lots of good eats in Poland. We definitely had our fare share of the local cuisine.
31-MAR-2007
Wawel
A view of the outside of the cathedral.
31-MAR-2007
Sing Along
We saw several performers like this throughout our trip. We even caught ourselves singing some of their catchy tunes a few times.
30-MAR-2007
Eye Bugger
For some reason there is a giant decapitated head in the middle of the town square in Krakow... and people love it. Go figure.
