Poland...Days 1 and 2

Well...this has probably been the longest two days of my life...both of them AMAZING!

So, here goes the longest blog you will EVER read!

Day 1

We boarded a plane in Indianapolis...very tiny...very hot! And I was not the one that brought the heat (neither did Bob). Met the rest of the crew in Chicago...headed off to Poland. There is too much in that whole time period to try to explain. One quote from Gordo... "Are you two dating?" (That one is for you Ayla and JT)

Okay, so we arrive in Poland...get through customs...get out luggage...and meet the video guy at the camp...his name...Tomek...means Tomas in English...or so Ayla thinks!

Get in the car...almost hit the wall in the van...and get on the road. Something to learn about Polish drivers...they drive very fast...even if you are only going three feet. Speed limits are posted...but NOBODY follows them.

As SOON as we get to the car...we head to Warsaw and go to a museum all about the uprising of the Getto in Warsaw (pics to come tomorrow...my bad). After about an hour or so there...we headed into downtown to tour the city...absolutely gorgeous city. Lots of pics...awesome stories that I am too tired to remember.

Get back to the car...and take about a three hour drive to a little restraunt called Guarski's....authentic Polish food. I had a sausage the length of my arm...so good. Shard some perogies...a noodle stuffed with mashed potatoes and a cottage cheese like supplement...very interesting! (You should see my tiolot!)

Got to the camp...crashed on my bed super hard...amazing day!

Day 2

Woke up...late...missed breakfast...which was way too early at 6:30. Oh well. We hope in the van for a "supposed" hour and a half drive...ended up being three hours. But it was worht it...we ended up at Auschwitz...very sobering experience. All the pics are from the outside...we were not aloud to takes pics inside...but the experience was so life changing...so moving. Pics are coming...over three hundred of them!

After Auschwitz 1 we headed over to Auschwitz 2...totally destroyed...very sad to look at. This is the camp in the scene from "Schindler's List" when the train rolls through the tower...very sobering experience yet again.

After a very peaceful and depressing morning...we headed to the city of Krakow...about three hours from where we are staying. Very cool city...amazing city square...awesome style. Great food today...yet again...look at my tiolot!

Shopping was fun...all kinds of people. We ended up attending a Catholic wedding...by accident. We went into this gorgeous cathedral to tour and take pics...adn we looked downt the isle and saw the bride and groom...kind of an awkward situation...but I just kept snapping away. I had to pay 5 zlote to take those pictures so. They were pretty good.

Well, then we began to drive again...we did a lot of driving today...and we slept in the car a lot so. Drove about three hours to another authentic Polish restruant...had pork chops this...pooping was a little easier!

Got back to the camp...and am now where...writing about my life...crazyness! Very exciting.

I will have a whole list of pics to put up tomorrow...almost 800! I love my new camera.

Hope you are enjoying the stories...and can't wait to get a little more in-depth when i get time! Enjoy your time...love to all!

In Christ...

Alex H.