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Auschwitz and Birkenau

Auschwitz and Birkenau

Krakow, Poland, Europe So as expected, today was a pretty tough day. Of course I can’t complain about anything I had to go through today, but witnessing the struggles that so many people had to go through for so long. I got up at 6:30am, mainly just because the sun was shining in my face and there was no curtain to block it. I figured that since I was already awake, I might as well get an early start to…

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Walking tour of Krakow

Walking tour of Krakow

Krakow, Poland, Europe I got up this morning and headed out for the walking tour of the old town. There was a big group of 44 people that showed up for the tour, so luckily they split us into two groups. Our tour guide Chris was very good and had a good mixture of facts and jokes. It’s a good way to play a group like this, a little bit for everyone. We got a beautiful day for the walking…

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Horrible morning, then leaving Warsaw

Horrible morning, then leaving Warsaw

Krakow, Poland, Europe Today had an absolutely horrible start. As I expected, I could hardly sleep last night because every time anyone in the dorm moved, the beds made a horrific noise that woke us all up. It was just ridiculous. So I was awake at 7:30am and got all my stuff ready to go. The signs in the hostel said that checkout was from 9am so I hung around until then to try and checkout and leave my bags…

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KGB Museum and then to Warsaw

KGB Museum and then to Warsaw

Warsaw, Poland, Europe Today started out by packing up my stuff and bringing it to the bus station. I didn’t want to have to go back to my hostel so leaving the bags in a locker made the most sense. I walked from there around the old town to get to the KGB museum. It had been recommended to me by a friend as something that I should see. The museum was one of those powerful kind of places that…

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