Today we visited the museum built at Auschwitz Concentration Camp. It was very moving. I took no photos there as it was not appropriate. We were impressed at how many school groups were there. It is very important for kids to see how terrible this was, and for adults to remember what happened. It is quite disturbing here in Europe at the moment as many countries, UK in particular, are voting in extremely right wing politicians.

Rather than talk about the museum, I want to share with you how we went to the Museum as it was not a guided tour.

Our host had told us we should catch a local bus to Auschwitz and then walk or catch a free shuttle to the Museum. If you get there before 10am there is no entry fee and there are fewer visitors.

We woke early and were at the bus station just before 7am and caught a bus ten minutes later. The trip took us just over 1.5 hours and cost us $4.50 each.

We had no idea when the museum opened, but when we got there at 8.30am, it had been open for 30 mins. The museum is very well sign posted in English as well as Polish, so we could guide ourselves.

By the time we were finished, the visitor numbers were growing exponentially. The car park had at least 40 coaches in it. So, we headed for a bus stop, not having checked a timetable beforehand and were so lucky as the next bus was only 5 mins away. If we had not made that one, we would have had to wait more than 2 hours.

The bus trip was slower than a coach, but we were taken on a little tour of towns between Auschwitz and Kraków, and made it home in time for lunch.