Berlin

Highlights

Visited checkpoint Charlie and learned about Cold War history, Berlin and the iron curtain

Saw the Berlin Wall (both painted and original), the tv tower and went to the Nazi terror museum

Rented bikes and explored the city and riverside on two wheels
Visited the Reichstag building, the Brandenburg gate and the holocaust memorial

 

 

Kraków

Highlights

Endured crazy Russian music and was offered liquor at 10am on our 11 hour bus trip from Prague to Kraków 

Payed tribute to the victims of Auschwitz and learned about the Jewish concentration camps, gas chambers and victims in utter disbelief

Saw room with hundreds of pounds of hair shaved off victims to sell to textile manufacturers

Saw the human scratch marks on the first gas chamber, the horrible living conditions and torture and murder areas

Visited the oldest salt mine in the world on a lighter note after auschwitz-over 300km of underground passages

Explored 3 underground salt chapels carved entirely out of salt crystal

Wandered around trendy and cheap Kraków including the main square, the river and the Jewish quarter 

Ate peroggies and bought babuska dolls

Admired the beautiful horses that passed by towing their carriages