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- Day 1
- Saturday, October 22, 2016 at 4:45 PM
- ☁️ 9 °C
- Altitude: 4 m
United StatesJohn F. Kennedy International Airport40°38’44” N 73°47’14” W
JFK Airport
October 22, 2016 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 9 °C
Boarding has begun for overnight flight to Amsterdam 😜
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- Day 2
- Sunday, October 23, 2016 at 1:34 AM
- ⛅ 2 °C
- Altitude: 249 m
NetherlandsAmsterdam Airport Schiphol52°18’33” N 4°45’54” E
Amsterdam airport
October 23, 2016 in the Netherlands ⋅ ⛅ 2 °C
Wow, what a long customs line here
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- Day 2
- Sunday, October 23, 2016 at 12:55 PM
- ⛅ 7 °C
- Altitude: 108 m
PolandWarsaw Chopin Airport52°10’15” N 20°58’25” E
Warsaw airport
October 23, 2016 in Poland ⋅ ⛅ 7 °C
Arrival in Poland, no customs is odd, no stamp either 😔
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- Day 2
- Sunday, October 23, 2016 at 7:35 PM
- ⛅ 7 °C
- Altitude: 107 m
- PolandWarsaw Old Town Market Square52°14’59” N 21°0’46” E
Bistro warkawa
October 23, 2016 in Poland ⋅ ⛅ 7 °C
Kobytka with carrots and pork tenderloin, chocolate cake with raspberries
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- Day 3
- Monday, October 24, 2016 at 9:34 AM
- ⛅ 8 °C
- Altitude: 107 m
- PolandMKS Cracovia SSA52°12’52” N 21°1’40” E
Lazienki Park, Warsaw
October 24, 2016 in Poland ⋅ ⛅ 8 °C
Statue of Chopin
Every summer Sunday there is a grand piano next to the statue. Although buried in Paris, his heart was returned to Warsaw (smuggled back by his sister as Warsaw was occupied by RussiaRead more
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- Day 3
- Monday, October 24, 2016 at 11:20 AM
- ⛅ 9 °C
- Altitude: 86 m
- PolandWilanów52°9’53” N 21°5’24” E
Wilanow Palace
October 24, 2016 in Poland ⋅ ⛅ 9 °C
Summer palace of King Jan III , eventually sold to a noble family, who were kicked out during the war and never given their property back
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- Day 3
- Monday, October 24, 2016 at 9:04 PM
- ⛅ 9 °C
- Altitude: 103 m
- PolandMuranów52°14’58” N 20°59’39” E
Ghetto Heroes Monument, Warsaw
October 24, 2016 in Poland ⋅ ⛅ 9 °C
The irony here is my favorite part of the day!
The large, black marble stones here are from an order placed by Adolf Hitler, as he was planning to build his victory monument from it. Fitting thatRead more
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- Day 3
- Monday, October 24, 2016
- ⛅ 9 °C
- Altitude: 111 m
- PolandWarszawa Dworzec Zachodni52°13’58” N 20°58’51” E
Warsaw Uprising Museum
October 24, 2016 in Poland ⋅ ⛅ 9 °C
What a fantastic place, for a bit of WWII history I knew nothing about.
Truly heroic men, women and children involved in this.
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- Day 4
- Tuesday, October 25, 2016 at 2:12 PM
- ⛅ 13 °C
- Altitude: 284 m
- PolandJasna Góra50°48’46” N 19°5’50” E
Jasna Gora Monastery, Czestochowa
October 25, 2016 in Poland ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
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- Day 5
- Wednesday, October 26, 2016 at 3:25 PM
- ⛅ 9 °C
- Altitude: 181 m
- PolandAuschwitz concentration camp50°2’13” N 19°10’32” E
Auschwitz Birkenau
October 26, 2016 in Poland ⋅ ⛅ 9 °C
I know why the entrance gate is such a popular photo. It's so difficult to take photos inside a death camp.
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- Day 5
- Wednesday, October 26, 2016 at 3:28 PM
- ⛅ 9 °C
- Altitude: 201 m
- PolandKazimierz50°3’11” N 19°57’18” E
Kazimierz
October 26, 2016 in Poland ⋅ ⛅ 9 °C
This is a historic district, on the outskirts of Kraków. There are six historic synagogues here, none destroyed during the war. Only two are in use still today.
This is also where Schindler's ListRead more
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- Day 5
- Wednesday, October 26, 2016 at 3:29 PM
- ⛅ 9 °C
- Altitude: 208 m
- PolandKazimierz50°2’50” N 19°57’42” E
Schindler's Factory
October 26, 2016 in Poland ⋅ ⛅ 9 °C
I thought this was going to be historical information on Schindler and what he did during the war. Instead, it was more a museum about Nazi and Soviet occupation of Kraków from 1939 through the 80s.Read more
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- Day 6
- Thursday, October 27, 2016
- ⛅ 7 °C
- Altitude: 220 m
- PolandKraków - Zamek Królewski na Wawelu50°3’13” N 19°56’8” E
Wawel Royal Castle
October 27, 2016 in Poland ⋅ ⛅ 7 °C
Tour of the castle and Church. The church was amazing, along with the tapestries (Indiana Jones moment #1) in the castle. It is amazing to think that all these things were stolen, most often duringRead more
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- Day 7
- Friday, October 28, 2016 at 11:00 AM
- ⛅ 4 °C
- Altitude: 235 m
- PolandWieliczka49°59’3” N 20°3’18” E
Wieliczka Salt Mines
October 28, 2016 in Poland ⋅ ⛅ 4 °C
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- Day 7
- Friday, October 28, 2016 at 2:59 PM
- ⛅ 10 °C
- Altitude: 324 m
- PolandPrzymiłowice50°44’22” N 19°18’21” E
Olsztyn Castle ruin
October 28, 2016 in Poland ⋅ ⛅ 10 °C
We stopped here for lunch. Didn't walk up to get a closer look, but a very picturesque stop.
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- Day 8
- Saturday, October 29, 2016 at 3:41 PM
- ☀️ 15 °C
- Altitude: 255 m
- NetherlandsAmsterdam Centraal Railway Station52°22’43” N 4°53’55” E
24 hours of Amsterdam
October 29, 2016 in the Netherlands ⋅ ☀️ 15 °C
