Another huge day challenging my poor sore feet and every other joint that likes to get a look in.
Firstly to my lovely coffee shop for a cappuccino ( It’s called Miaszsz on Plac Matejki). Then off to the meeting point for the tour. They collected us in the centre of the town and walked us to the bus. This was a bad sign as I was already being left behind. Onto the bus for the 1.5 hr ride out to Auschwitz I. I’m actually not going to go into details about the camps. It would all just be a cliche and I can’t say anything original. It was exhausting in every way, an assault on the senses. And just when you thought you were exhausted it was over to Birkenau for more walking. I will say that the thing about Birkenau is the hugeness, the perspective of the scale of the evil.
I was nearly done in at the end of it. I was lagging behind the young group but I managed it. The problem was that every time the guide stopped, I missed what was being said and they moved on as soon as I was with them so I didn’t get to stop for a minute. It was draining in every possible way.
A 10km day my fitbit tells me!! And no food. I did take water which was unusually sensible of me.
I got back and had to walk to my apartment. I found a nice restaurant near home and had a nice duck (Restaurant Jarema, also on Plac Matejki). Now home. First thing I did was to try to do the online check-in for tomorrows flight but it kept telling me it couldn’t find my booking and to ring them. I finally got through and they seem to have stuffed things up. I think it will be OK but they have to re ticket me and then refund me for my checked luggage and get me to pay again. I don’t understand this as they have mucked it up, not me!! I’m still in the middle of this and definitely won’t be happy until it’s all done.
I’ll do a bit of packing to take my mind off things.