Lodz; Tuesday, 26 July, 2016

The weather still wasn’t great when I got up so I had a leisurely breakfast and checked out of the hotel quite late, leaving me with only a little bit of time before I needed to head over to the airport.

As the morning drizzle had stopped I headed over to the tram stop and caught the tram back out to the top of the former Jewish Ghetto and went for a walk around the old Jewish Cemetery.

The Cemetery houses many of those who didn’t survive the ghetto, as well as generations of the Jewish population of Lodz that helped turn the small village into the thriving city it was by the outbreak of World War II.

Extensive works had taken place near the entrance to tidy up the cemetery and undo the years of neglect that fell across the site following the end of the war, but as you go further into the site it returns more to the wild state that anywhere left unattended for nearly 70 years will return to.

After having a wander around, it was time to catch the bus back to the hotel, collect my bags and start the journey back home.