Onto Warsaw

Woody was back on the bus ready for our next destination Warsaw ☺

passing through toll gates 

with a stop at this very sad place 

Oswiecim, better known as Auschwitz, the most infamous site of the Holocaust

there were many bus groups here 

and I am not going to say very much as well, what can I say 

can't begin to imagine what it was like 

I will just leave it here and I rather just keep the memory of those poor soles from so many places far and wide 

no words.......a minutes silence when back on the bus

we then stopped off at Czestochowa to visit the 14th century Monastery of Jasna Gora, famous for the black Madonna 

bus parked and we all walked towards the monastery 

I can say there were thousands of people here 

and I did get this photo of "the black madonna" not very good but said a prayer while there 

we arrived at our hotel 

yes more fancy stairs 

and another very comfy bed 

we had a short evening walk after an included meal out 

next morning took a pic outside our hotel 

we joined another local expert for a walk tour first on the bus past Charles de gaulle 

off the bus and in the streets of Warsaw 

the old town royal castle 

another large square with many buildings 

Franz liszt 

and here we gathered together for a group photo at the Chopin statue 

the germans blew up the original and luckily the mould was still available 

monument of ghetto heroes 

yes hello from us again 

good to keep happy thoughts in your head when amongst these memorials 

back to the square 

plenty of great buildings again 

we sure did plenty of walking on our own 

paintings on the walls 

iron knight 

nice castle type wall 

they hold many markets here also and lots of cafes to eat and drink at 

I had an interesting drink in a little cafe off one of the lanes 

a bit of pork onion dish as you do......

our plan for Warsaw and tomorrow heading to Berlin 

goodbye Warsaw ........