Category Archives: travel writing

Poland 1: Visitors 0

Posted on December 18, 2010 by roland ladley

We left the horrors of Auschwitz and headed for Poland’s former capital city Kraków.  The city sits on the north bank of the River Wisła and was on UNESCO’s very first World Heritage List.  The Poles see Kraków as their … Continue reading →

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Auschwitz

Posted on November 19, 2010 by roland ladley

I didn’t really want to go to Auschwitz. I’d done Belsen in Germany twice before and had seen the grizzly photographs of piles of waif-like bodies in huge burial piles waiting for the lime. I’d experienced the deafening silence that … Continue reading →

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Next stop Poland……

Posted on October 24, 2010 by roland ladley

Why Poland? It is not a natural tourist destination, but is more renown for its place in history as a buffer state between east and west. Caught originally between The Holy Roman Empire and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, then … Continue reading →

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Go East young man…….

Posted on September 21, 2010 by roland ladley

After Amsterdam it was Potsdam and Berlin.  On the way we stopped at Helmstedt, a small German town on the west side of the old, previously heavily fortified, Inner German Border.  I remembered it as it was the last town … Continue reading →

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Tulips from Amsterdam…?

Posted on September 6, 2010 by roland ladley

I had hoped that my first report would be eulogistic about the sights and sounds of Amsterdam.  Liberal, relaxed and beautiful were adjectives I was poised to use.  Dubbed (not by me) ‘The Venice of the North’, we were hoping … Continue reading →

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