Tuesday, July 11, 2006

Salt mine pictures, II

The huge common area, 500 feet below the surface of the earth!

The mine tour guides were taking a much needed break!

An ancient legend of a salt mine proposal - carved out of salt!

A depiction of how they first hauled the salt, before the horses were brought in.

Pope John Paul carved out of salt.
A view of the depths of the salt mine.

3 Comments:

Blogger Bill said...

Wow ...and to think that we have a bag of that very salt sitting in our kitchen window!
Question??? When I here the name Krakow Polalnd I think Naki German concentration camp. Did you visit or learn about it while you were there?

Wed Jul 12, 07:13:00 AM 2006  
Blogger Gluten Free Gourmet said...

Ahhh yes...that is within the next couple of posts...

Wed Jul 12, 12:44:00 PM 2006  
Blogger Bill said...

ok.....IT'S THE WEEKEND....Let's get back to Krakow and the Nakis.....I mean Nazis!

Sat Jul 15, 07:27:00 AM 2006  

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