Friday, August 1, 2014

Krakow Poland - Wieliczka Salt Mine

Poland - One of our favorite places! 
Salt - Sol

Salt mine with a twist~ What a beautiful place.







Here we go... no turning back! 


Look how far we have to go down! 350 + stairs to the bottom. 


At the bottom....




Old pulley system




Statues carved out of salt


Walls & Stairs of salt 



Salt icicles 


Calcified walls


Track system






Salt layers


Going down farther...


Looking back up the salt stairs.



Salt water...



Sorry its blurry, it was dark and he moves quickly. 
Gunner trying a taste of the salt water. 



The main attraction, the Salt Church. 
Everything carved out of salt. 



Floor










Off to see more.





Lake






Lunch WAY underground.....


Cake 


Salad's


Polish Sausage



Cabbage rolls


Chicken 




Headed out.


Taking the lift up.



It could fit about 8 ppl... It was SMALL! 






Back in Krakow- 


Wawel Castle


Taking a golf cart tour.










Cloth Hall


Cloth Hall & Our Lady Mary Church
(Trumpeters Church) 













Start of the Jewish Quarter-



Hotel we saw - Polish Flag, American Flag, Jewish Flag & Miami dolphins flag.
LOL 





Only remaining Jewish Temple that is still an active temple.  



End of tour- Back to the city center



Dinner at a traditional polish restraunt



Deserts! 


Sitting on the patio listening to the trumpeter.

He plays on the hour, every hour, 365 days a year.
Stopping abruptly mid-Heynal 
in remembrance of the trumpeter killed mid-song
by a Tartar in the 1200's 

video of trumpeter...




Gunners Favorite Polish Dish
Blueberry Perogies 



Meat Perogies 



Meat & Pierogies 


Cabbage Pierogies- They were amazing! 



Playing around




Cloth Hall - Oldest "mall" in europe, dating back to some time in the 1300's 



Inside Cloth Hall 





The knife - two brothers were building the church our lady, 
as the younger brothers tower was 
gaining speed in completion the other brother began to get jealous and 
killed the younger brother. The knife hangs in cloth hall. 


Gunner was looking for it and helped find it! 



Our Lady



Hey look what we found! 


Desert~ it was AMAZING!!! 











Horses-
The grassy area surrounding the city was where 
the moat around the castle walls used to be.






Good Night Krakow 

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