First off, we are now in Krakow, Poland. It is the second largest city in the country, and does a lot to redeem our opinion of poor unfortunate Poland. It is a beautiful city, with energy, parks, buildings worth seeing, and people that actually smile. It is a very pleasant place, and somewhere I would love to come back to some day. But now, the reason for my lack of inspiration, humor, and wittiness...
Today we went out to Auschwitz. I could write at length in detail about the things that we saw and the experience, but I'd honestly rather not. Maybe James will feel the urge.
All I want to say is that we saw everything you have ever seen in a documentary. We have seen every heartbreaking photo, every other worldly story, every inhuman act. We have seen the bunks, the furnaces, and walked though the gas chambers. We have seen the stolen clothing and belongings. We have seen fabric made from the hair of corpses. We have seen the ashes.
Auschwitz is a place I don't ever want to go again. I had the opportunity to stand in the mud and personally watch the rain drip from the barbed wire. I wish I could describe it, but I can't. I have never been in a place like that before. Anything that anyone could ever tell you about it doesn't do it justice. It is literally impossible to imagine such a terrible place. If you haven't been, you just can't understand. I felt as though my humanity were slipping just by walking the grounds. We have walked the grounds of hell on earth.
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You're pretty amazing. I'm not sure I could handle it.
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