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The restored old city of Warsaw

The reconstructed old city of Warsaw. The original old city was destroyed during the WW II.

The goddess Vistula, patron of Warsaw

The goddess vistula in the city square of the reconstructed old city of warsaw

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In front of the Chopin Monument, Lazienki Park in Warsaw

The Palace on the water, Warsaw

The palace on the water, formerly a bathhouse, at Lazienki Park

Dominican church in old city of Krakow, also known as Church of the Blessed Trinity

Old city of Krakow, with Wawel Cathedral and Sigmund's Chapel with the golden dome, and Vasa Dynasty Chapel on its left, in foreground 

St. Patrick's Church, Krakow, where we attended mass on Holy Thursday, 2012.  On the left is the statue of Mayor Józef Dietl by Xawery Dunikowski in Kraków

The Bishop's Palace, Krakow, with room where Pope John Paul ii stayed above the main doorway. Candles and flowers were placed on the lawn in front of his window on april 2, anniversary of his death

The Cloth Hall, Main Market Square, Krakow, now a big market selling souveniers

The courtyard of Jagiellonian University

The courtyard of Jagiellonian University, accessible from Wawel Cathedral

Small statue of a turbaned boy on a fountain in courtyard in front of Church of St. Barbara, next to St. Mary's Basilica

The Barbican, nicknamed the Saucepan because of its shape

Basilica of the Divine Mercy, Lagiewniki, Krakow

St. Florian's Church, with Battle of Grunwald monument, erected in Kraków for the battle's 500th anniversary, in the foreground

Inside the Salt Mine of Wieliczka

Entrance to Auschwitz: the very misleading sign at the gate reads: "Work will set you free."

Execution wall at Auschwitz

Plaque with engraving in English at the memorial at Birkenau

The church at Czestochowa

The Black Madonna monastery, Czestochowa, Poland's spiritual heart and one of the most important pilgrimage centres in Europe.

The Black Madonna

The Black Madonna, original paiting at the altar of the main church

Wadowice, Pope John Paul II's hometown

Statue of Pope John Paul II at his hometown Wadowice, near the basilica

The Basilica at Wadowice

A dove flew over our heads outside the Basilica at Wadowice, where Pope John Paul II was baptized as a baby