14th Sept. Wieliczka

We have just visited the salt mines near Krakow, now no longer a working mine it is an underground museum. It is an eerie but richly decorated world of pits and chambers and every single element from chandeliers to alter pieces was hewn by hand from solid salt. The highlight was the chapel, 54m deep full of elaborate religious carvings. While we were visiting a choir were performing, it was a memorable moment. Leaving the mine in a small miners lift from 125m below ground was not so good !