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Hi, just wondered if anyone has made this trip.
I am considering going there later this year & have a couple of questions.
My preferred crossing is Dover/Calias (as its already booked in August).
1,how far from Calias to Auschwitz
2,any suggested routes
3,are there any reasonable sites in this area.
I'm hoping to go straight there (not non-stop ),but am looking for a slower journey back through Germany & France,I have 2 weeks to complete this trip.
Thanks in advance
Gary
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Went to Poland for the first time in June '94 (coach holiday.)
I cannot remember much about the route I am afraid, other than from Calais, we headed for Aachen where we picked up two "fresh" drivers. A lot of the journey was in the dark, but having had a quick look at the map just now, I reckon the route was Calais, Lille, Charleroi, Leige, Aachen, Koln (I can remember that part), Dortmund, Hannover, Pottdam (I remember having breakfast there), Berlin, Cottbus, POLAND from here, Wroclaw, Krakow and then Zakopane.
The weather was boiling hot. We visited the prison camps and it was an "experience" - that is all I shall say.
The journey from Calais - no sleeping in hotels, took 22 hours dead, including meal and toilet stops. It was about 1000 miles from Calais.
There was at that time a long queue at the border, but our drivers pushed in and overtook the parked lorries and cars. The Zloty at the time was 33000 in a pound.
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Hi Russell,
That is a cracking link. Thanks.
We too would like to vist Auschwitz, but not during the searing temperatures expected in August. Although saying that, we are going to the Dusseldorf show in August, which takes us closer to Poland, than we are right now.
It might be worth a rethink of our travel plans, pending the weather at that time.
Jock.
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We went to Auschwitz last year but we ambled along the Mosel first and then across Germany to Czech Republic as we were visiting Prague and then headed to Poland from there stopping at Frenstat pod Radhostem at a campsite ( I put this in the campsite database) before heading into Poland.
We stayed at the Centre for Prayer and Dialogue as they have facilities for mh and caravans with hook-ups and it is walkable to Auschwitz and Birkenau as well, although as above there is other parking for overnight.
If you do go to the site, I recommend using a guide. If they are only available for groups, wait until an English coach arrives, slip the driver a fiver and join his group.
Russell
______________________________________________________________ Though I am not above the sorrow
Heavy hearted
īTil you call my name
And it sounds like church bells
Or the whistle of a train
On a summer evening
Iīll run to meet you
Barefoot barely breathing
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),but am looking for a slower journey back through Germany & France,I have 2 weeks to complete this trip.
Although saying that, we are going to the Dusseldorf show in August, which takes us closer to Poland, than we are right now. 
