Saturday, 4 August 2007

Photos - Budapest / To Vienna via Bratislava / Prague / Krakow / Auschwitz / Warsaw


Gettin my ass handed to me on a plate by one of the locals


The chain bridge (Budapest) by night


We did go there....briefly


Friendly squirrels


The Schonbrunn Palace, Vienna


A small percentage of the gardens at the back of Schonbrunn Palace


Mmmmm, apple strudel


Roll that strudel yeah!!!


The labyrinth at Schonbrunn


Where are we baby??


More of the gardens at Schonbrunn


The Ferrero Rocher sculpture, Vienna


Natural history museum, Vienna


Outside the natural history museum


The Hofburg Palace, Vienna


Mmmm, so many schnaps to choose from!!


I'll have the Absinthe thanks...to start with


Helping to guard the Hradcany Castle in Prague


With some help from Arnoux


Overlooking Prague


Total touristy shot in Prague


Copping a feel..... a bit cold but rock solid buns this guy!!


So you hold it like this in this country huh??


The Charles bridge, Prague


The town clock


A night out in Prague....hurray for cheap beer!!


Happy birthday Arnoux....here's a chocolate brownie cake!!


Lazy eye Arnoux at the Museum of Communism


The cemetery in the Jewish quarter, Prague


Birthday dinner for Arnoux


The Jewish Cznagogue, Krakow


You like my hat?


The Jewish cemetery, Krakow


One of the memorials to commemerate the thousands taken to Auschwitz from Krakow


Whats left of the wall of the Jewish Ghetto in Krakow


Schindlers factory, Krakow


Inside the factory


The salt mines just outside of Krakow


The underground Cathedral in the salt mines


The restaurant 130 metres down in the salt mines


Outside Auschwitz 1


The barracks of Auschwitz 1


Guard tower, Auschwitz 1


The entrance to Auschwitz 1, the sign says 'Work will set you free'


The blacked out the windows so that the prisoners couldnt see into the courtyard where the wall of death was situated


The 'Wall of death'


Between the fences


And again


Crematorium and gas chamber 1


Outside Auschwitz 1


The toilets at Auschwitz 2, Birkenau


The barracks at Birkenau


The railway into Birkenau


The end of the tracks


An overview of the tracks and unloading platform of Birkenau

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