Sorry about the previous cliff hanger, I have been attemptng to find enough time to get back on the internet, so here I am at 10 pm in Prague, too broke to go out so instead I am taking the time to go on the FREE internet at the hostel and finish writng about my epic time in Poland. And I might even catch you up on what has happened since then if you're lucky...or if the people breathing down my neck to get at the computer don't try and use physical violence. We...

I have had many memorable moments on my trip so far- trekking across the Great Wall of China, getting lost in rural Yangshuo, and seeing the famous Sydney Opera House are just a few of them, but going to Auschwitz-Birkenau in Poland deserves a category one its own. And to think, I almost did not make it there. Okay, well that will have to be a teaser since the woman who works in the internet cafe just came and said they are closing at 6. Right now it is 6;07......