Eastern Europe trip: part 1

[innie_darling]

Hi, everybody

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[caffienekitty]

When I was in high school in the 80's I was lucky enough to go on the sponsored school trip to Europe. Along with what seemed like every castle in the Germany-Austria-Switzerland-Liechtenstein area in less than a week, one of the places they took about 40 Canadian 15-17 year olds was Dachau

[innie_darling]

Yes, I think I'd underestimated how much reading I'd done about the Holocaust, and how much I already knew - nothing that was said on the tour surprised me. What did surprise me was how little was left to see (most of the crematoria were destroyed) and the most personal thing we saw was a room full of hair, but somehow, it didn't hit me the way I feared it might.

Thanks for chiming in.

[aelfgyfu_mead]

Now I want to go to Krakow!

I'm sorry you had digestive troubles. I sometimes do when I travel, but they usually don't last long fortunately.

[innie_darling]

Oh, you should! Everybody should!

I tend to sleep poorly and have digestive problems even when I'm home, safe and sound, so traveling only exacerbates both issues. It was not pleasant.