For the first two weeks of May we were lucky to have Caryl's mom, Dep, and her husband, Stephane, join us in our travels. It was a busy two weeks. We first took them to see the old salt mine in Bochnia, the oldest salt mine in Poland, complete with an underground hotel, restaurant, basketball court, and even a slide!
Machinery of the mine:
Salt statues:
Since the miners had a very dangerous job (accidents, flash flooding, lack of oxygen, methane gas explosions, getting lost, etc) they never knew if they would be coming out of the mine at the end of the day. Because of this, every mine had an underground chapel to protect the men:
Miles and miles of tunnels:
Now crystallized water wheel once used for power:
And after the mine we drove to a nearby castle in Nowy Wisnicz, though by the time we got there it was already closed:
Machinery of the mine:
Salt statues:
Since the miners had a very dangerous job (accidents, flash flooding, lack of oxygen, methane gas explosions, getting lost, etc) they never knew if they would be coming out of the mine at the end of the day. Because of this, every mine had an underground chapel to protect the men:
Miles and miles of tunnels:
Now crystallized water wheel once used for power:
And after the mine we drove to a nearby castle in Nowy Wisnicz, though by the time we got there it was already closed:
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