Immediately after the Nazis surrendered allied forces determined that these concentration camps had to be preserved to prove to mankind forever the horror of what a small group of determined people were capable of doing if they gained control over others. Auschwitz I (the original camp), Auschwitz II–Birkenau (a combination concentration/extermination camp), Auschwitz III–Monowitz (a […]

The tour met outside St. Mary’s, well actually the Hard Rock Cafe, and about a 45 minute minibus ride to the mine.  A UNESCO site, opened in the 13th century, the mine produced table salt continuously until 2007, as one of the world’s oldest salt mines in operation. I think at one point I was […]

So I buy a multi day transport pass in Berlin and Prague. No one ever checked it. I need to go 2 stops on the Krakow tram with no local currency nor a clue how to buy tickets. I get bagged getting off at my stop. I explain. Figure he will not have any idea […]

This is a typical street on Praha.  Old and ornamented The castle isn’t really a castle like the military ones in the UK. it seems more like a residential and administrative complex with a huge church although there outer walls are well placed and equipped for defense.Dating from the 9th century it is currently the […]