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Mariacka Street

[ Oct.2015 ] Mariacka Street in Gdansk in Poland is a very beautiful street. We learned during the walking tour that when they tried to rebuild the city after WW2, they put this street before…

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Amber

[ Oct.2015 ] Gdansk in Poland is famous for “Solidarity”, but there is another famous thing in this city. That is amber. I am not 100% sure, but I think I heard that here, it…

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Building Which Used to be a Prison

[ Oct.2015 ] The first place we visited in Gdansk in Poland was a building which used to be a prison and a torture chamber. It was built originally in the 14th century as a…

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To Gdansk

[ Oct.2015 ] We went to Gdansk in Poland. The first thing you remember about Gdansk is “Solidarity”, isn’t it? The trade union created by the workers of the dockyard there led the country to…

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Underground chapel

[May, 2009] In Poland, we went to Wieliczka Salt Mine, too, which has got 900 years’ history. According to my guide book it was listed UNESCO World Heritage in 1978. You have to go down…

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Another Auschwitz

[May, 2009] The tour to Auschwitz in Poland took us to Birkenau which is called Auschwitz 2 as well. This was built because the original Auschwitz became too full and most of the mass killing…

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Notorious Auschwitz

[May, 2009] From Krakow in Poland, we took a tour to Auschwitz. This photo is the entrance with the famous slogan, ‘working makes you free’. This holiday to Poland, the weather was excellent and even…

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The station

[May, 2009] We stayed in a cheap hotel in Krakow in Poland, so the breakfast was not included. One morning, we went to the railway station and had a cheese cake and coffee for a…

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The hill which has a lot to see

[May, 2009] Wawel Hill in Krakow, Poland is an important place with a castle where Polish kings lived for 500 year in the past. There are lot of things to see on this hill according…