by Calvin Sun | Jan 1, 2013 | December 2012: Eastern Europe, Germany
Remember 8 months ago when we took a detour sidetrip with our 5 hour layover in Frankfurt? Well it’s deja vu all over again, this time with a different group of 16 people (with the exception of Cynthia coming again, of course)! I’ll spare you the repost of...
by Calvin Sun | Jan 1, 2013 | December 2012: Eastern Europe, Poland, Walking Tours
Last moments before hopping on a 3hr bus from Krakow to Warsaw: A concert behind the Cloth Building in Krakow city center Pig knuckle for dinner On our way to the bus to Warsaw So it’s 3am and you’ve arrived at Frederic Chopin Airport in...
by Calvin Sun | Jan 1, 2013 | December 2012: Eastern Europe, Epiphanies on the Road, Poland
It’s the bleakness of the place that startles you first. Auschwitz II (Birkenau) – The "Gate of Death" The gas chambers There’s nothing more I can write about Auschwitz that hasn’t already been written: It really is...
by Calvin Sun | Jan 1, 2013 | December 2012: Eastern Europe, Poland, Walking Tours
After crossing the Polish border, we arrived in Krakow in the wee hours of 7am (this is 3 hours before everyone in Poland wakes up), just in time to catch the sunrise. So I woke up and keeping my eyes closed (groggy as hell) I opened the door of the van. This is...
by Calvin Sun | Jan 1, 2013 | Border Crossing, December 2012: Eastern Europe, How Did You Do That?, Poland, Ukraine, Way Way Off the Beaten Path
Our last hour in Lviv — a costume party at the Lviv Opera House: Afterwards, it was back on a bus heading to the Polish border town of Medyka. We figured that a bus would be more convenient than a train as buses have an easier time crossing the Polish...
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