Author: obrnlib

This is the Long Sword and Broad swords of William Wallace – “Braveheart”. While the Hollywood movie was inspiring to watch it missed some of the most interesting things about William Wallace. For one thing using the Long sword as a measure, Wallace would have been over 6 1/2 feet tall to use it! Sir William […]

This is a beautiful and mystic country It is easy to imagine the Scots hiding in the mists with their bagpipes scaring the hell out of their enemies. This is a beautiful country and it would be easy to walk it forever…walk into a mist and down a mountain….through a vale, and into a moor….it […]

And so we continue in the History Museum, we focus on the important things of course: I have a great many pictures from this visit – and at the time I took them I just knew that they were important and I would remember…some of that knowledge has moved out! For several centuries, tartan remained […]

Most people know that my father’s people all came from the highlands of Scotland. That is my only ‘known’ heritage, and the heritage I feel most strongly about – so I have always wanted to go to Scotland. That is the beginning of the story. William, the world traveler, spend 3 months in Africa, primarily […]

So we left Poland, took the train and went back to Berlin. Needless to say we schlepped luggage up 5 flights of stairs, and kind of collapsed from trip exhaustion! It was an extraordinary adventure! The rest of the trip included a visit to the Laundry Bar – we can wash our laundry and drink […]

Last day in Poland – I am really sad. Although I knew that this vacation would come to an end, I really feel like I need to explore these amazing places more! But sadly, that will not be, so we must explore today! We decide to make a real visit to the Castle which we […]

Kraków, also Cracow, is the second largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in the Lesser Poland region, the city dates back to the 7th century. Kraków has traditionally been one of the leading centers of Polish academic, cultural, and artistic life and is one of Poland’s most […]

So, after the visit to Auschwitz, we walked (surprisingly) back to the train station, caught the last train back to Krakow, picked up our luggage and schlepped it to the place William rented for us. First I have to say that he does an awesome job picking places – another two bedroom one bath place […]

Doing laundry – and Auschwitz post was emotional. I will be back….

We arrive in Krakow in the morning, sleeping on the train was everything I expected – I loved it, and would love to do it again! We take our luggage to left luggage lockers (William is great to travel with, he has traveled overseas enough to have an innate understanding of navigation for train stations, […]