Wow
So a lot has happened since my last post, but seeing as I must go do laundry in ten minutes I will keep this short. We arrived in Israel at around 5 this morning from Prague. Before that we were in Krakow, Lublin and Warsaw. In Warsaw we toured the city and saw the area of the former ghetto, monuments to the ghetto and its resistance fighters, Majdonek death camp, Auschvitz, and Treblinka. I do not want to write too much, mainly because I dont really know what to say. The camps were all very different, Treblinka is only a monument now, nothing else remains, Majdanek is completeley intact, and Auschvitz still has barracks though parts were destroyed. There were all hard to visit and our class reacted strongly at each. I do think that they are worth visiting and I am glad I went.
In Prague we spent a lot of time seeing the old square and the old Jewish quarter. Basically now its a whole lot of beautiful old buildings filled with cheap souvenirs, drugs, sketchy men, and two synagogues.
So I havent seen much of Israel, but the dorms are nice, the people are nice, and I think I will have a great time. I will try to blog again soon.
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Drugs and sketchy men in the Jewish Quarter of Prague? Please say more...
Anne-Marie
It's ok, now that you are in Israel sketchy men and drugs shouldn't be a problem...
If you took that photo I wanted, send it to me; if you didn't, well, you're out of the family.
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