Auschwitz Travel Blogs

DAY TWO.I thought things will get better once the Irish blokes have been put to sleep, but disappointingly I was wrong. I wasn't lying when I said before that one or two of them were even farting while asleep, in tune with the snoring and moaning of the rest of the gang. It was like having a nightm…

I hardly slept last night because sleeping with all 9 guys in one room I found to be a mental torture. Those drunk bastards woke me up at 4 am annoying the bejeebles out off me (whatever that is). They were so noisy and irritating I almost gone Britney but I was out of energy the best that I could …

Our last day in Krakow before our flight going back to Oslo at 9:15 PM.. I managed to convince all of my co-workers to join me for the day in Auschwitz. There were 2 who wasn't too sure before we left for Krakow but they came around and they don't regret going either even if it was one who was "cel…

I have been quite lucky with the weather so far during my trip, sunny warm days, but it was rather cloudy and gloomy today in Krakow and that is the way that I actually wanted it because today I visit Auschwitz/Birkenau Concentration camps.  I knew I would need alot of time for this trip so I …

Actually we had planned to make a trip to Chestochowa today, and visit Oswiecim tomorrow. But when we arrived at the bus station it turned out that there were very little buses to Chestochowa and they weren't any faster than the trains. So a 3 hour one way trip seemed too long as the last bus back …

This is the story of a trip i had planned in my head for years, to visit one of the most infamous death camps of the second world war. July 18 2007 is forever etched in my mind as the day i came face to face with Auschwitz death camp. Me and Louise had made a pilgrimage to Poland to see Auschwitz, …

First of all I must admit that I wasn't really all that interested in going to Auschwitz.  I mean spending 4 hours trudging around museums is really not my thing.  But, I am so glad that I went.  It was a very interesting and moving experience. We went on a guided tour and first up …

I woke up early to make sure I had a good hearty breakfast before I headed off on my first full day in Poland.  I had decided to go to Auschwitz & I booked a tour that would leave at 9am.  I got on a bus where the tour guide put on a video on an 80's style tv about Auschwitz from the …

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We took a city mini-bus (1 hr 15 minutes) from the Krakow bus terminal to Auschwitz.  One-way ticket cost 7 Zloty (approximately $2.20 USD). Toured both Auschwitz (Auschwitz I) and Birkenau (Auschwitz II).  Today was a very hot day in the sun.  It was not as depressing as I though…

I passed through the iron gate crowned with the motto "Arbeit macht frei" or “work makes (one) free”.Last day in Krakow. I woke up just 15 minutes before Auschwitz-Birkenau Concentration Camp tour departed at 8am. Feeling disoriented I made a request to put my backpack at the hostel reception a…

Auschwitz – Birkenau was the largest of Nazi Germany's concentration camps. Its remains are located in Poland approximately 50 kilometers west of Kraków.   Auschwitz I, the original concentration camp which served as the administrative center for the whole complex, and was the site of the…

Took a long time to get up today. I really felt brain damaged. I could barely walk straight or make a correct sentence about anything. With the other english guys, got a 1pm bus to Auschwitz (Oswiecim in polish), arrived at 2.30. The weather, which was very sunny and just under 20 degrees yesterda…

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The next day we headed out after waking up fairly late to book our planned trip to Auschwitz-Birkenau. After finding the hotel staff unwilling to do it for us (they only go through a certain, more expensive company) we headed into the Old Town and booked it through a tourist information centre, whe…