A place where is called Poland...

"I am doing fine in Krakow Poland. The weather is warmer than Toronto, above zero degrees, but not much warmer. I arrived last Saturday in the late afternoon after missing a connecting flight at Warsaw. I was able to spend the sunny Sunday wandering around its old Town Square, Royal Castle, and modern Galleria (shopping district). People both at work and outside are very nice, much better than I thought. So, the travel warning that I received after booking the trip might have been over exaggerating matters. However, it is still a poor country with sad history. It was being conquered by different countries, Roman Empire, Germany, Russia, etc. throughout the years. After World War II, 20% of the whole country’s population died, and 90% of the Jewish population died; then came communism for over forty year. Now they have their freedom, and economy is picking up, yet the difference between poor and rich widens, and the crime rate increases. Perhaps this weekend, I’ll join a tour to further places, or even visit a former Jewish concentration camp… sad to see it, but it is worth the experience."

—— Uncle Danny