On a gray and misty morning, my heart was broken and mended again on a long walk.
The air was thick and damp, heavy. The further I walked, the heavier I became.
This was Auschwitz.
A death camp where over 1.1 million people perished through no fault of their own.
From this “factory of death,” crumbling two hours [...]
Exploring Poland
Auschwitz: A Long Walk
Posted by Shelley in November 11th, 2009
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“Because it’s Chaos”
Posted by Shelley in July 21st, 2009
Posted in: Greece, Hungary, Poland, Prague, Romania, Transit, Uncategorized Tags: Chaos, Cody Scott, Lost, Robbed, Shelley Smith, Sick, Sierra Anderson, Traveling, Trouble
Hello stars. I wonder how many have spent the night looking up at the sky on the ferry from Piraeus to Santorini. Lying up on the deck, humid, windy, loud, crowded with sweaty bodies, many backpackers worn and dead tired from travel, I can’t help but think of the film, “Titanic”; A part of the [...]
Part 5: Krakow, Poland
Posted by SMU Travel Bug in June 12th, 2009
Here, we’ll have a chance to connect with the world that existed 60 years ago by experiencing the horrors of what our history books in school always taught us. Krakow is home of Auschwitz Concentration Camp, the most notorious of Nazi concentration camps established throughout Eastern Europe in the 1940s.
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- Auschwitz Concentration Camp
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