Day: 49
Here a list of what I spent today and how weird prices seem.
50 zl (15.50) For a night in a hotel with my own room.
7 zl ($2.17) for 2 bottles of water, a banana, and an apple.
14 zl ($4.34) Round trip bus ride from Krakow to Auschwitz.
23 zl ($7.13) For a 3 ½ hour guided tour of Auschwitz and a 20 minute film.
23 zl ($7.13) A pizza and a beer.
17 zl ($5.27) For an ice cream sundae in the tourist part of town.
9 zl ($2.79) For a cappuccino in a café on the main square.
5 zl ($1.55) For a movie, Broken Flowers, in a movie theater.
4 zl ($1.24) For a 500ml can of beer in the movie theater.
Now I find it uncanny that I have to pay almost twice as much for a cup of coffee as to go see a feature film in a theatre.
Poland’s Weird.
(I guess I could have told you about concentration camps today, but thats a downer and the pictures say a lot)
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Cold, lonely, isolated, bleak. I’m glad you got to experience this very somber point in human history.
I think what is uncanny is the ludicriss amount of $ actors earn compared to the wages the common man in third world countries earn. What ever happened to our values as a society of man?
Hey Rob,
Are you still in Krakow?
The weather seems to have mimicked Auschwitz cold and bleak history. It appears your clear and sunny skies (not necessarily warm) have disappeared. Hope warmer weather weather is in store for you!
Any more English-speaking people to spend time with? Have you met any other travelers with similar experiences you have encountered?
I remember when JoAnn and I were at Gryon, we met the Austrailan couple who sold everything to travel around the world until all funds ran out.
Are the people’s mood reflective of the past (i.e., concentration camps) or are the people open and friendly?
These latest pics show another side of your photographic abilites and add a huge dimension to your work. Keep up and press on.
We are so proud of you and how you are expanding your artistic abilities.
Google up to $410/share now!
Hate to say it, but the weather here is going to be 88 degrees today and the pool is warming up and almost ready to take a dip!
JoAnn and I will be staying in Newport Beach this weekend, then Balboa next Sunday for Josie’s Birthday party on a Tiki boat, then off we will be for two weeks at Newport Beach.
Wish you were with us!
I am saddened that you didn’t write anything deep and introspective about your experience at Auschwitz. However, I am happy that you took us all there with you through your lens. It is evident that there is a tremendous amount of sadness in that camp. Continue to challenge yourself with your photography. Force us (the viewer) to have an emotional response to your pictures (more than just the “oh, isn’t Robbie talented”… which, by the way, you are incredibly gifted!). Emotion… that’s where the magic is found.
um… yeah, that was mine up above.
Amazing how the atmosphere still looks so solemn. Almost like the air knows exactly what has happened in that area. I understand not wanting to bring the mood down, but its real! And I appreciate you thinking of others emotions in not describing how truly emotional it must be.
Hey guys!
Day 50’s post will be a day late, can’t find a connection that will let me upload. I recommend to anyone in southern Ca interested in the Holucost to go to the museum of tolerance. Very moving. It’ll give you a close representation of what I felt here. It’s on Pico in LA.
Rob
What book would you reccommend buying to learn Turkish just for the purpose of travelling to Turkey? If you know what I mean, I dont want to learn the language to speak fluently in it…just want to survive while I am there…
Your blog is great….just spent the whole morning reading it and the pics! How shall I say….mmm…A picture can speak a thousand (or more) words?
Your blog makes you stop and think about reality on a day to day basis. You didn’t have to say anything about the camps the pictures say it all.