ok, one more night in warsaw. i need the rest that offers.

hell

Auschwitz and its satellite camps and all concentration camps were people doing exactly what the devil wanted them to do. They were a pre-hell, but for those who didn't deserve it. No one maybe deserves that kind of treatment other than those who treat others that way. They people who did those things were ultimately self-absorbed. It is a lot to think about. I had a psychologically hard day.

I am in Warsaw now. Probably just for one night and then Budapest.

slight change

I am staying one more night in Krakow with my couchsurfing host Dominika. Being here has been a blast. Dominika, Mathieu, and Matik have been so kind and accomodating for four nights now. And with another couchsurfer!

So, tomorrow Auschwitz and down the line back to Munich as I said in my last post.

I still miss everyone a lot but I am trying to lay myself in the Lord's hands and take it moment by moment and it is helping so much.

15.11.08

Great day in Krakow, wandered and it was sunny. I am much more at peace today than yesterday.

Thank you so much uncle Art and Aunt Corky for contacting your French friends for me. I have a plan now.

Tomorrow Auschwitz and after a train to Warsaw. Next night and day in Warsaw then a night train to Budapest. Several days there and then a train to Munich. I will spend Three nights there and then will be coming home.

Again thank you Uncle Art for your understanding and help. See you in about 10 days.

krakow

I made it to Poland on a night train. In a six bunk couchette where I was blessed enough to be the only one. Locked myself in and slept well all chka chka's and knocks considered. I am couch surfing here with a Polish student named Dominika and her two room mates whom I still have not met. I miss my family very much.

Praha

Well I am now in the capital of the Czech Republic. After a long day of travel and a bit of an ordeal. My mother knows about my trouble. I got lost in a not so wonderful part of Prague and finally found my hostel after two hours and just prior to dark. The maps are a little confusing about how the street that I needed to find connects to two other streets.

Today I am able to shed a little more light on why I got so lost. When I exited the train station I believed that I knew exactly which way I needed to go. It turns out that I was exactly right, but at the time my confidence led to a u-turn. That about face led to a tourist help type of agency/shop where I asked a young man if he knew where Husitska street was. He looked up directions for me and told me if I hopped on the tram just across the street that I would be there in one stop. Too bad he looked up and gave me directions to Husinekcha street.

Tuesday turned out better. I visited Prague Castle and St. Vitus's cathedral. In the castle I took in an exhibit about Czech-o-Slovak units in the Russian and French armies from 1914 to 1920. Then I walked back here and then walked to an authentic Czech restaurant for dinner. Quite good.

Tomorrow night I am taking a night train to Krakow, Poland. There I will be couchsurfing. I hope the surf is good.

With all caution, Adam ausfarht.

up to 7.11.08

Well I am finallz getting to a computer. I am typing on a german keyboard that has changed the y and z and a number of other things. Munich is very nice, not as cold as Gene led me to expect (yet). It has been overcast the whole time but probably around 50 degrees F with no rain. I have walked around for about 1.5 days, I have blisters, but i am having a great time. However I didnt realize how far from home I really am until last night.

speaking of night, I figured out that excluding two, two hours naps i was awake for 44 hours. that includes the two hours of sleep i got on tuesday night before i left for the airport, or flughof. Im picking up a tiny bit of German, you may be proud Gene! I think that I have seen a significant portion of the city. Ill be leaving sometime Sunday night or early Mondaz morning.

If you are a german delivery man or construction worker, you get to wear neon, bright blue, or some kind of very bright pants. sometimes with reflector stripes on them. I like the fact that they do construction or road repairs without the kind of precautions that the letigious nature of the united states demands.

With those prolific thoughts, Adam ausfarht.