1001 Places/Experiences to See or Savour #8 - Krakow

1001 Places/Experiences to See or Savour After Remission #8

- Old Town at -18C, Krakow, Poland
(Experiencing -18C is a once-in-a-lifetime event, which is mitigated by indulging in a lovely white fox-fur hat from the Old Market, to keep the brains from freezing! The last time Poland experienced such a deep freeze was 28 years ago. Brrrr...)

1001 Places/Experiences to See or Savour #7 - Auschwitz

1001 Places/Experiences to See or Savour After Remission #7

- The Holocaust in Auschwitz and Birkenau, Krakow, Poland

(One cannot walk out of these concentration camps without being changed a little, inside us. And in winter at -18C, the camps bring a new meaning to the words 'inhuman atrocity')

1001 Places/Experiences to See or Savour #6 - Brandenburg Gate

1001 Places/Experiences to See or Savour After Remission #6

- Brandenburg Gate,

and the Berlin Wall, Berlin, Germany

(so much history in every brick on these 2 man-made structures..if only every brick could speak to us now, what stories they would tell..)

1001 Places/Experiences to See or Savour #5 - Charles Bridge, Prague

1001 Places/Experiences to See or Savour After Remission #5


- Charles Bridge, Prague, Czech Republic

(perhaps the most beautiful bridge in Europe, with winter making it look like a scene from Dr Zhivago)