Have any of you ever traveled to Germany as part of a tour group?

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7. Have you considered going to Poland?

Auschwitz is very very interesting. Dachau has been sterilized. It doesn't really tell the story.

The day we (myself and two friends) went to Auschwitz we got more attention than we needed. This was 1983 and most of the people there were Russian and there was a bus load of Romanians. There were a few Germans as well and like elsewhere in Poland they were ignored. Naturally the Poles hated them and they also didn't like the Russians.

Apparently the only time Americans had visited was in groups on buses. The guides told us that no Americans had ever driven in my car. One of my friends I was traveling with was fluent in Polish. He was Polish American and grew up in Buffalo NY in a Polish environment. The entire staff came around and spent time with us and did not want us to leave. We got invitations to dinner and offers of lodging. Obviously it was a memorable trip.