Last stop, Krakow!

Andrea and I decided to go to Krakow instead of Vienna with Michaela and Liz because I wanted to do something different and had read a lot about Poland. Our hostel was great and we quickly made friends with a fellow Australian (Andrea is from Perth on the west coast) and Kiwi (what you call people from New Zealand). We hung out and explored with them walking around the city the first night. It is a very small city shaped in an oval. The first day we did a tour to the Jewish ghetto and around to some famous sights.
Kazimierz is the Jewish district that has multiple synagogues and the Jewish cemetery.

This is a picture of the staircase that Spielberg used in his film Schindler’s List. The scene was of a little boy working for the Nazis who sees a fellow Jewish schoolgirl hiding underneath the staircase. He tells the guards no one is there to save her life.

This is a picture of some of the houses that remain from WWII in the old Jewish ghetto.

The second night we went out with a large group from our hostel. Some of the guys were from Chapman! It was a fun night out with all new people.

Doing the YMCA!

The next day we went to Auschwitz. It was a day I will never forget.

We got traditional Polish perogies for dinner! YUM!

This is a picture of me in Main Market Square, the largest in any of Europe’s medieval cities, in front of the Church of the Virgin Mary.

Krakow was an incredible experience with a ton of WWII history that I was so lucky to see.