EuroChristmas: Auschwitz
23 December 2015 Krakow, Poland 22,986 steps (9.75 miles) This morning we were up early--like, way early. I think Rick woke up around 4am and doodled around on the iPad until I woke up around 7. We ate some leftover bread and the pickles from Sissi Cafe, and ventured out to grab a cup of coffee before our shuttle bus would arrive. The early morning light in the city center was beautiful. We found a cafe that was open and stopped for lattes and a slice of quiche. Around 9am, a mini van picked us up for our tour to Auschwitz and the Wieliczka Salt Mine. We transferred to a larger van, and were shown a documentary en route to the camp. I got a bit car sick (the coffee's doing, I think), but we eventually arrived at the Auschwitz I. There are three complexes that make up what we know as Auschwitz-Birkenau --Auschwitz I, the original camp which was built for Polish prisoners of war; Auschwitz II, the combined extermination and concentration camp;...