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猫王木偶戏

经过广场,看见一个男生走上小小的舞台,继而传来阵阵的音乐。蛮好听也好熟悉的旋律,是一首猫王的经典歌曲(不记得是什么歌名)。接着,有很多人开始围观着舞台,我也停下脚步凑凑热闹。在音乐声中,穿着华丽的大鬓角猫王木偶戏正式上演了。

只见舞台上的猫王在那男生的巧手之下准确地把握手中的麦克风或吉它,一直唱一直跳,动作灵活的很。其舞动的姿势还和音乐配合得天衣无缝,挺有趣可爱的。精彩的表演打动了现场所有的观众,大家都报以了热烈的掌声及身上的钱币。其实心里真的很佩服那男生当众表演的勇气及对表演的创意及热情。

21/08/2006•克拉科夫•波兰

Auschwitz-Birkenau•Oswiecim

Prior to my trip to Krakow Poland, travelling books and several people tell me that I must visit Auschwitz-Birkenau (UNESCO World Heritage Site), largest Nazi concentration camp during 2nd World War where thousands of thousands of Jews and others “undesirables” were imprisoned and killed.

A two-hour minibus ride from Krakow city centre brought me to the gate of Auschwitz-Birkenau. Admission is free and I started my visit at the main administration of the two camps, Auschwitz I with a 15 minutes documentary film about the liberation of the camp. It was shocking and unbelievable.

The visit to the camp started when I went through an iron gate with a metal overhead sign which read “ Arbeit Macht Frei ”, mean Work Makes Free. The camp was left in its original form. The entire compound is circled by electric wire with an empty zone between the fences, which has been preserved until today. The guard towers around have also been well preserved, giving an idea of how tight security the area was. Many of the original brick buildings still exist and now exhibit the lives and deaths of the prisoners.

The exhibitions rooms display history, facts and photos about the concentration camp prisoners, a huge/pile collection of the personal belongings of the prisoners such as tons of female hair filled up the display room, thousands pair of shoes, thousands of suitcases with their name on, thousands of clothes, toothbrushes, combs, prosthetic limbs, spectacles etc. There is a “ Wall Of Death ” which was used for executions. I was able to enter a gas chamber and saw the ovens, which was not worse than expected. It was terrifying and horrible.

Auschwitz II, known as Birkenau which mostly were burned down/blown up (perhaps hoping to destroy the evidence of their crimes) was the major expansion of the camp to house many more prisoners. There is not much to see compare with Auschwitz I, only the train tracks and rail platform which take the prisoners to the gas chambers, barracks of wooden bed bunks for prisoners (1 barracks housed 400 prisoners instead of 52 horses which they were designed for), a monument for the victims, ruins gas chamber and guard house. Although mostly were destroyed but we still can imagined how it was as we walked through the open field.

It’s hard to describe my feeling/emotions as I walked around the camp. The most difficult parts for me were the rooms filled up with human hair, shoes and the gas chamber. I took some photographs although it’s disrespectful but I want my friends and others to know what had happen there. Visiting Auschwitz-Birkenau is a shocking and unforgettable educational experience for me. It is horrifying and awful, I will never forget what has happen inside these camps.

21/08/2006•Krakow•Poland

集市•克拉科夫

穿行在一个摊位接着一个摊位,引入眼帘的是服饰工艺品、各类奶制品、各式食品,各种生活杂货,应有尽有。人流熙熙攘攘,热热闹闹,是个感受当地人生活的好地方。

20/08/2006•克拉科夫•波兰

美食•克拉科夫


享受当地的美食。(忘了叫什么名字:P)
19/08/2006 •克拉科夫•波兰

维利奇卡盐矿•克拉科夫

波兰克拉科夫的旅程中,维利奇卡(Wieliczka)盐矿是行程之一。

维利奇卡是世界最古老的盐矿,波兰的历史遗迹,也是世界文化自然遗产。在专业导游的代理下,走下约三百多级的木制楼梯,灯光阴暗,神神秘秘。除了开放参观,盐矿仍然持续进行采矿。可惜无缘见识到实际的采矿工作。矿区内保留着原有坑洞,通道和采矿场所。光滑的石壁上有白色结晶体。导游讲解盐矿的历史,数百年的演变,采矿工作的遗迹及盐矿的运输器材。矿内展示许多岩石雕像,有波兰的天文学家哥白尼和小精灵的盐雕。水晶吊灯的圣金嘉公主礼拜堂有宗教浮雕,包括达文西的最后的晚餐。矿坑内多处是碧绿盐水湖,还有圣安东尼礼拜堂,餐厅及纪念品商店。

参观过程约两小时,不走楼梯乘搭老式电梯,晃晃悠悠离开维利其卡盐矿。

19/08/2006•克拉科夫•波兰