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Oświęcim.

At the beginning only Polish citizens were sent there to be exterminated in the camp. Then Russian P.O.W's, gypsies and other victims of the war were transported there. From 1942 Auschwitz beca...

Route in China (POLAND )

Warsaw The huge stalinist style Palace of Culture will be an unavoidable memento of the communist regime for a long time. I wonder how long? Nowy Swiat (street) leading north to Krakowskie Przedie...

European summer: the Balkans, Albanian roads, kitten from Ohrid and Auschwitz

As we are set to leave Tallinn, returning to Holland for two weeks before flying off to Ecuador on November 11th, here is a little update of what we did this summer. After arriving back in Europe...

About one-third of this cycling trip -- some 1,300 kms -- has been in Poland (Polska) through the regions of Mazury, Podlaisie and Malopolska. On one particular day I shattered my previous personal...

Scandinavia&Eastern Europe

From mid-June until late July of 1992 I traveled through Scandinavia, Eastern Europe and the northeast corner of the former Soviet Union. The pretext for the trip was two computer conferences being...