Krakow and Aushwitz!

Hello Hello!
Yesterday I returned from our school's trip to Poland! Before going on this trip if someone had told me they were going to Poland for fun I would have thought "weird..pretty sure there's nothing fun in Poland". But I was wrong! Again, we left Budapest at a nice 7:15am and headed towards Poland. Apparently there's no freeway or highway that can take you to Poland, so after taking some awesome backroads in a huge tour bus we landed in Krakow after 8 hours of driving. We unloaded our stuff at the hotel and then went out to see some Krakow sights. We were very close to city center so we walked around the shops, ate some delicious Polish food (I had Borsch, chicken, and mashed potatoes), and then walked around some more. We went out to a bar where they serve two meter beer (don't worry mom, we split it with the whole group) and then we went to this club called "Legends" where they played really funny American music and people were dancing ball room style all over the floor. The next morning we woke up, ate our free hotel breakfast (a group favorite) and then headed out on our tour led by Marcel (the guy who is in charge of the USF program and who smiles ALL the time). We walked allllll over Krakow...literally like 7 hours of walking and saw the Castle, the house where Schindler lived, the bones of a reported dragon and tons more. After the tour we got some Mexican food (hahaha I know, weird to eat in Poland right?) and then shopped around where I got some cute little booties and some earrings that look like chairs! We went back to the hotel and had a nice early night. We woke up reallly early the next morning and got up the bus at 8:30 and headed to Aushwitz. I'll spare you the details, but it was a very intense trip. I am not sure if I can say I'm glad that I went there, but I think it's good that the Holocaust is not ignored as if it never happened. It was shaking to see how inhumane the Nazi's were and how much despair occurred, it gave me a lot to think about concerning humanity but it was very, very hard to hear and see the things that people had to endure. After the tour (which was 3 hours) we headed back home, but we watched the Pianist (a movie about a Pianist who is hiding during the Nazi occupation of Poland) on the way. I never thought that I would be driving through Poland, watching the Pianist, after just visiting Auschwitz, it was very intense. Overall it was another great trip and I am very glad I got the chance to see some of Poland!