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JFK Airport
22 oktober 2016, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ☁️ 9 °C
Boarding has begun for overnight flight to Amsterdam 😜
22 oktober 2016, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ☁️ 9 °C
Boarding has begun for overnight flight to Amsterdam 😜
23 oktober 2016, Nederland ⋅ ⛅ 2 °C
Wow, what a long customs line here
PolenWojewództwo MazowieckieWarszawaZbarzWarsaw Chopin Airport52°10’15” N 20°58’25” E 23 oktober 2016, Polen ⋅ ⛅ 7 °C
Arrival in Poland, no customs is odd, no stamp either 😔
23 oktober 2016, Polen ⋅ ⛅ 7 °C
Kobytka with carrots and pork tenderloin, chocolate cake with raspberries
PolenWojewództwo MazowieckieWarszawaUjazdówMKS Cracovia SSA52°12’52” N 21°1’40” E
24 oktober 2016, Polen ⋅ ⛅ 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 RussiaMeer informatie
PolenWojewództwo MazowieckieWarszawaWilanów52°9’53” N 21°5’24” E
24 oktober 2016, Polen ⋅ ⛅ 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
PolenWojewództwo MazowieckieWarszawaMuranów52°14’58” N 20°59’39” E
24 oktober 2016, Polen ⋅ ⛅ 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 thatMeer informatie
24 oktober 2016, Polen ⋅ ⛅ 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.
PolenWojewództwo ŚląskieCzęstochowaCzęstochówkaJasna Góra50°48’46” N 19°5’50” E
25 oktober 2016, Polen ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
PolenWojewództwo ŚląskiePławyAuschwitz-Birkenau Concentration Camp50°2’13” N 19°10’32” E
26 oktober 2016, Polen ⋅ ⛅ 9 °C
I know why the entrance gate is such a popular photo. It's so difficult to take photos inside a death camp.