Poland revisited (already)

So I'm back in Poland - I liked it that much! Left on Saturday for Katowice. Rob Szabo (friend of mine from Rhodes) is teaching English here (I'm typing this from his office while he takes a lesson). It's been great seeing him again, and he's looked after me really well. On Saturday, I stumbled off the buss (which broke down 50m from the bus station - nice!) and was immediately whisked off to THE best vegetarian restaurant I have ever been too (granted they don't do breakfast, so Lola's on Long street is still winning there) amazing food with lots of bakes and lasagne's. 14 Zlotys (about R40/4Euros) for a piece of one of the bakes and two salads and a glass of juice (apple and mint was the last one I had - was there again today- but also cinnamon, clove and orange and others!).

After we were well fed we went on a tour of all the cafes and clubs in Katowice, which merged seamlessly into meeting all Rob's friends and going out on a great pub/club crawl. Needless to say it ended with Rob, J and myself (all SAan) in Spiz eating slap chips on the dance floor and getting disapproving looks from pretty much everyone. Fantastic. Get home at 6.

Next day we walked through one of the biggest parks in Europe and had lunch at one of the restaurants in the park, we then walked back to Katowice (rob lives in a small town just outside), and bought some of the biggest ice-creams I have ever seen. Watched a video that evening. (well watch is not quite right, we laughed at the nautical terms most of the time).

Today I took myself of to Auschwitz, which was harrowing. What really did my head in is that it is now in the middle of an ordinary town. I imagine this would not be the case if it was in Germany, or if the Poles were the perpetrators.

Tomorrow I'm probably going to go to Krakow, and have a walk around. I head back to Berlin on Wednesday.

I'll also be starting my new job on Monday - scripting and taking tours of a concentration camp near Berlin. Working for a non-profit company set up by a tour guide company (I'll also be working in their shop). www.fattirebiketoursberlin.com