EmmaandMark

Hello again! Well today has been an interesting but emotionally exhausting day. We left for Auchwitz this morning and I'm not really sure how to do the experience justice on here, the trip took us around Auchwitz I in the town of Oświęcim and the larger Auchwitz II - Birkenau. Auchwitz I was the first of a complex of concentration camps which consisted of 3 large camps and over 40 smaller sites. The camp was originally intended to house Polish political dissidents and Intelligentsia believed to pose a threat to the Nazi's as well as Soviet POWs. However by 1942 under the instruction of Himmler it had become an extermination camp which would play a central role in the implementation of the 'Final Solution'. The visit to the camp is accompanied by a tour guide who ... read more

Yo! We saw a camel! Going back tonight to camelnap it! Mom - should Villa sign someone please post it on here (particularly right backs) as we are entering a news black hole We'll put up a proper blog from either Krakow (detouring again) or wherever we find ourselves after that Em and Mark xx (and the camel)... read more

Morning all, this is an unusually self-promoting thing for me to do; blogs I always thought are for people in need of an ego boost or for compulsive liars because they usually have nothing to talk about. However here I find myself sitting in the creativly titled 'Hotel Berlin' divulging the details of my life to all and sundree. Well I suppose I better be entertaining. The flight was like Clinton Morrison in his blues heyday; just late so we missed our chance to catch Berlin pre-11pm but hey I've been pretty impressed at how big the place is and also how decent the transport over here was. INSERT GERMAN EFFECIENCY STEREOTYPE HERE. Whilst the transport was decent over the seats were like a Dale Winton wet dream unfortuantly, bright pink and with mid 90's styled ... read more