Wednesday, 31 July 2002

Poland


After the mandatory stale ham and cheese baguette was a sweaty bus ride to our first stop of the day. Auschwitz-Birkenau.

In a place like this words fail. In the end, there can only be a dreaded silence.

Next stop: Wieliczka Salt Mine.

This was really impressive. Down to a depth of 135m, the 2km route took us past many intricate sculptures made from rock salt and a huge ornate chapel. You come out feeling all icky and tasting of salt :)

So, icky and tired we caught the night train back to Vienna (again!).

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