Concentration Camp/WWII sites Itinerary round 2

Hi,

Are you interested in seeing the Polish Army/Military Museum in Warsaw since you have some blank days?

Good that you set aside 2 days for the WW2 museum in Gdansk, so would I. How about seeing Westerplatte and its poignant memorial while in Gdansk, say, after the Solidarity Center/Shipyard ?

Are you flying in from the US or Canada? If so, are you sure you're going to be alert enough for the Schindler Factory on arrival day? I would not be.

The Home Army Museum is modern and English-accessible, but for me at age 66 the ground floor was too dark to be able to read a lot of the explanatory material. I wish I had thought to use the flashlight app on my cell phone. This may not be a problem for you; my vision is sub-par to begin with.

Warsaw's memorial-museum about the Katyn Massacre is also worthwhile. It takes some walking to get there from the nearest public transportation stop, or a taxi. It wasn't as quick a visit as I thought it would be, so I foumd myself rushing.

As I recall, I needed more time at the POLIN Museum than at the Warsaw Rising Museum, but in any case it's great to get an early start (something I fail at).

The Treblinka camp memorial can be visited from Warsaw by taking a train followed by a taxi. The cost was modest; I don't remember how much it was, but it was considerably less than Lonely Planet had suggested it would be. There will probably be at least one taxi waiting outside the train station, but don't dawdle in the station else it may depart, thinking there are no customers.

Consider a day trip from Warsaw to Lódz for the impressive and moving Jewish cemetery, testimonial to one of the largest Jewish communities in this part of the world. You'll find this »Nowy cmentarz zydowski« north of the city centre, as shown on this map. Lódz is linked to Warsaw by frequent trains, the fast ones taking around 1,5 hrs.

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