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May 13th 2011
Published: May 13th 2011
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We left Tallinn by bus, after a quick detour to the airport when the taxi driver took us to the wrong place. The trip to Riga was smooth and comfortable – flat for kilometre after kilometre. Forests, farms and puddles where the spring melt had not yet dissipated. Riga was a great surprise, with a beautiful historic centre, lots of people and lots of drinking going on. Our digs were quite clo... Read Full Entry



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Krakow- Wawell Hill

Wawell Cathedral
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Krakow

Wax fugures of The Beatles at an early Madame Tussauds
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Auschwitz

Execution wall
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Auschwitz

Electric fences
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Auschwitz

Crematorium
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Birkenau

Latrine
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Birkenau

Barracks. Note holes in the roof - winter temperatures are freezing
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Birkenau

Railway car such as brought the prisoners. This one restored with funds donated by Frank Loewy
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Birkenau

Remains of gas chamber
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Birkenau

Memorial. The lower shapes represent people with their mouths open - crying out.
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Wieliczka Salt Mine

Detailfrom the church



14th May 2011

Reply from Paris (which we don't hate anymore)
Great to read the latest news - what experiences! Couldn't help but compare some of the experiences especially the concentration camps details after we had so recently visited Israel and the holocaust museum. We gathered that the persecutions started well before WW 11 but and it does make you question human beings??? Keep it coming.

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