There is no home like Stockholm...

So glad to be back from Poland - Warsaw, Krakow.

We stayed at a hostel there and it was quite terrible...there was this wierd old man...who was racist [ he chased us out of the hostel kitchen and said that we were rubbish...then this black guy stepped in for us and he got called black monkey..] He changed in the room while the lights were still on...*faint*...Juan saw his naked back view la...he wears 2 shirts..one on the top and one as trousers...he ties it in the middle with a tie...and the shirt at the bottom had holes in them n he conveniently didnt wear underwear...so I saw things tt i shouldn have seen...totally grossed me out...apparently european guys don't wear anything to sleep...maybe at most their underwears....so I saw lots of them in their underwears....so gross la...the price we have to pay for budget living...

Oh well...we went to a really nice polish place for dinner...had polish dumplings, pancakes, soups, and many many more....we ordered almost all the recommended dishes....hahaha...the bill came up to 250 polish zlotty which is about $125 sgd for 8 people...it was the glasses of water we called that killed us...$2.50 sgd for a small glass of water...*faint*

We headed to Krakow the next day to visit the concentration camps...namely at Auschwitz and Birkenau. I studied core history in secondary school...so it was one of my dreams to be able to visit these places. On the way to the concentration camps...we were shown a video about the history of these camps...it really overwhelmed me and my emotions just took over...and I cried...so many questions were zooming past my head....many whys....and mostly hoping that this tragedy will never happen again...Visiting the concentration camp was a humbling experience...Majority of the camps and buildings and things that were in it were destroyed...only a small fraction of what was left were displayed in the various exhibitions...The jews were told by the germans that if they wanted a job and were ready to start a new life they should go to these camps...we were brought to this exihibition where they showed the belongings of the jews...their shoes, pots and pans, spectacles...so on and so forth...there were countless stuff that filled the room and the thought that these were just a minor minor percentage of what was left just killed me....we were shown the process of the gas chambers...and how they were told that they were just waiting for a shower....The pictures of all the women, children and men unfit for tough work queueing outside the gas chambers happily...it was very depressing to see...There was a room filled with hair....once they were murdered...they were shaved and their hairs were kept to make blankets, jackets and socks for the soldiers...gold teeth were removed as well...and they had about 10kg worth of gold by melting all these teeth everyday...the magnitude of this mass murder was just unbelievable....I was glad we went there...the only thing was that we were rushed through everything and didnt get a chance to see all the exhibitions...the exhibitions that we saw, we only had time to see them briefly...also since we went on a saturday...it was quite crowded...

We then headed out to town, around the market area...it was beautiful!! The palace in krakow was also very pretty...Had yummy dinner in a small restaurant in the streets of krakow then headed back...

The program for the following day was sightseeing at warsaw...sooo many different kinds of palaces...haha...was really bewitching...ended our day with a pleasant polish dinner yet again...YUMMY!!! On our way back...it was really cold...so we bought a bottle of polish vodka to try and also for keeping warm...haha...

This poland trip made me realise how lucky I am to be living in Singapore where it is so safe...some of our friends had a fight and were beaten up on the train...they had to flea the train leaving all their belongings behind..one of them even left her passport behind...

Its nice to be back in stockholm...its nice to talk to jason again...I really think that being away from him has made me realise how important he is to me....and how much I treasure this relationship....Being away has also taught me to be so much more independant....I am glad that I have been given this opportunity...but I still yearn to be back...there is no place like home....and Stockholm is only my temporary home...

I love you dear....85 more days and I will be back in your arms again....I miss you....