Auschwitz served as the venue for the award winning movie Schlinder’s list. Located 60 kilometres west of Krakow in southern Poland, it has an area of 40 square kilometres and also an extensive prohibited area. The construction of Auschwitz I began under the first commander, Rudolph Hoss, in May 1940. The whole camp was …
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Update: after July 2015, 13/20 cities visited! My score: 11/20 cities visited! From major metropolises to charming, overlooked locales, Europe is brimming with cities everyone should visit. But where does a penny-pinching, adventure-seeking twentysomething even begin when it comes to traveling Europe? The big players — London, Paris, Amsterdam — are great. Those should be …
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So I’ve visited 25 out of these 50 cities..I need to continue traveling more!!! With our ever-expanding bucket lists, it’s sometimes easy to lose sight of the essentials. Well, we’ve gone to the community of travelers at minube.net with a simple goal: find the greatest destinations on Earth. From the great ancient capitals to the …
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Berlin (3 nights) Eat – Lone Star Taqueria (Address: Bergmannstrasse 11|Mexican food) 50% off main course 4-7pm daily – Curry 36 (Address: Mehringdamm 36| nearest U-bahn station Mehringdamm) try currywurst and the kebab of vegtables (Gemüsedöner) – Entwederoder (Address: Oderberger Straße 15) for brunch See – Berlin wall – Checkpoint Charlie – East Side gallery …
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Rostock is not a place on the tourist map for those visiting Germany, but thanks to my penpal who stays there, I decided to give her a visit and see what this city in northern Germany has got to offer. I took an 8h45min ‘express’ train from Munich to Rostock, stopping by many cities such …
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After 9h in the car from Lyon, I finally arrived in Munich for Oktoberfest. I did not know anyone in this city because my German friends were not coming to Munich until next week. I could not contact my sg friends because there was no network on my phone, I forgot to activate international roaming on my …
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