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sssourabh:

Wavel castle walk. Almost like a fairy tale. #Poland #krakow #cracow #travel #style #luxury #lifestyle #architecture #castle

 (at Wawel Castle)


amiotk:Zazdroszczę tym, którzy teraz studiują lub lada moment...

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amiotk:

Zazdroszczę tym, którzy teraz studiują lub lada moment będą studiowali. W ostatnich latach uczelnie pobudowały nowoczesne siedziby. Przykładem chociażby Jagiellonka czy mój macierzysty Uniwersytet Gdański, które mają teraz bardzo nowoczesne kampusy. My jeszcze kilkanaście lat temu gnietliśmy się w ciasnych salach dusznych kamienic w centrach miast… #university #cracow #krakow #uniwersytet #jagiellonka #uj (w: Kampus UJ)

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commonbabbler:Kraków 2015

March 4, 2015

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miriamgoeselsewhere:

The whole point of this trip is to study Jews in Poland before, during, and after the Holocaust. Today was rougher than the others. It’s starting to get real and I feel like this whole week is culminating to Friday when we go to Auschwitz. 

We had another 6 hour tour since we’re in a new city. Gregory, our new tour guide, may or may not be a walking encyclopedia. He’s definitely less smiley than good ole Ziggy was but the amount of information he told us today was amazing. It was absolutely disgusting this morning weather wise. Snow and rain mix, winds, and just a general sense of ickiness (my English major friends will be so proud of this stellar word choice). 

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We saw a few places where scenes from Schindler’s List had been shot. Although this area isn’t actually in the Ghetto, it was close by in the Kazimierz-Jewish district and Spielberg liked the open courtyard. 

The Izaak Synagogue was under reconstruction so we couldn’t go into the main section but we did get to look into it. It was tiny and our tour guide talked about how few practicing Jews there were in Krakow nowadays. 

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The cemetery had been used as a garbage dumping ground during the German occupation. The graves were cleaned out in the 1960s, if my memory is serving me well, and I can’t imagine the work that went into cleaning all of those tombstones. They now have these metal plates on top of the tombstones to protect them from the elements like little umbrellas. I thought that was so brilliant to keep the stone in better shape and safer from the elements! Those things were definitely being tested by the weather today. 

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We went into the Krakow Ghetto after a short coffee break. Seeing the chair memorial made my heart sink. You see the square and you know thousands of people were torn from their lives and either murdered on the same pavement you’re standing on now or sent away to face a death in the near future.

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We learned that walls to the ghetto were either made of barbed wire or this stone fence meant to look like Jewish tombstones. This is the point of our tour where I started to feel nauseous. Trying to imagine living in an enclosed, cramped area with towering tombstones caving in around me was impossible. 

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We made our way to Schindler’s factory which now has a museum dealing with way more than just Schindler. It was an incredible museum providing the entire history of the German invasion into Poland. The exhibits flowed well and Gregory walked us through the whole thing beautifully. I wanted to highlight two things that stuck out to me out of the sea of information and displays: 

1) the grand architectural drawings that the Germans had made for powerful structures that thankfully never saw the light of day 

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2) a German infographic showing who to choose as workers (they’re the ones with the shovels in the middle of the age range)

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We had enough time to stop at the Memorial of Torn Out Hearts overlooking the Plaszow Concentration Camp. We were all pretty tired at this point and I feel embarrassed even admitting it now but when we first heard we were going somewhere else I felt petulant. I take it all back now after having gone. I don’t think I understood what it was we were going to be seeing at all and assumed it was just another monument. 

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This was not just another monument. At the top of the hill, you look out over where the concentration camp was. Gregory told us that executions were held where we were standing and how some Jews in the camp even said they looked forward to executions because that’s how you could see women. That went to show how lost their sense of humanity had to have been after being beaten, stripped of any dignity, and subjected to endless humiliation. 

It’s safe to say that at this point, we were all tired and sad. We hadn’t eaten yet so we were dropped off downtown and went to a calzone and gyro place. This was where I started to genuinely smile again. I really enjoy the group of people I’m here with. They’re all intelligent, funny, and charismatic. We can all talk to each other freely even though most of us haven’t known each other before this trip. Megan and I both ordered calzones that were in fact just whole pizzas folded over each other and I’m still recovering from this poor decision. (also, I found a Mountain Dew!! YAY)

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I’ve been wanting to go to an actual Zara since I’ve seen all the cool things people end up getting there when they go to Europe so we went to the mall and I spent some money. Everything is so cheap here!! It’s probably for the best that we can’t just magically send everything back home or else I would’ve done some damage at Zara Home. You know I can’t resist a good throw pillow. I mean I had to today, but it was hard. 

We took a long nap/resting/wifi session back at the hotel then a few of us wandered back downtown to find dinner. I have no idea WHY I ate after that freaking calzone but I had the best pasta salad of my life. I was totally that person and whipped out my phone to take a picture so that I will never forget the joy I felt while eating this. It helped that the bartender at this restaurant was SO HOT. I haven’t seen many (any) attractive European guys but this guy knew how to make a drink and look good while doing so. Love ya, Daniel. Keep doing you.

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Here are pictures of people bundled up today. I’m not sure if this qualifies as a deep, introspective reflective part of this blog post but I feel that it’s necessary.

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Also, I haven’t included a picture of some pretty building or church in this post so here’s the daily quota: 

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funkelnde-lichter:https://weheartit.com/entry/165440084


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keithjlewis:Wawel Castle in the spring time.

dendidenko:First spring day from the top! 🌾 #iphoneonly...

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dendidenko:

First spring day
from the top! 🌾
#iphoneonly #dendidenko #Krakow (в Skałki Twardowskiego, Zakrzówek)

pora-na-kawe:Krakow

azazelphoto:P1360044 on Flickr.

panmalicki:colours of lifekraków


"Spotkałam dziś pierwsze przebiśniegi. Szkoda, że wiosna nie zakwitnie też we mnie."

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“Spotkałam dziś pierwsze przebiśniegi. Szkoda, że wiosna nie zakwitnie też we mnie.”

- (via iluminacjaa)

sssourabh:Loving these shades of grey. #Poland #krakow #cracow...

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sssourabh:

Loving these shades of grey. #Poland #krakow #cracow #travel #style #luxury #lifestyle #menswear #fashion #sunglasses #fitness #grey #shadesofgrey ##guyswithstyle #men_inspiration #itboy_ #menstyleguide #menstylefiles #dappertradition #menwithclass #beautifulmenswear #menwithstyle #style4guys #thedailydapper #highfashionmen (at Wawel Castle)

slavikphoto:#Wistula #river #Kraków #Poland #travel

sssourabh:Like a bird on a cathedral rooftop. #Poland #krakow...

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sssourabh:

Like a bird on a cathedral rooftop.

 #Poland #krakow #cracow #travel #style #luxury #lifestyle #architecture #castle #rooftop #view 

(at Wawel Cathedral)

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