Birthday Dinner

We were home for only four days between two trips, and one of those days was my birthday.  Andreas took me out to Seasons that evening for dinner.  I had a Long Island iced tea as my drink.  It was done up all frou frou.  Andreas had his usual Greek salad and a club sandwich.  I had zeama and beef salad.  All were very good and served attentively.  Seasons is one of the few dependably quality places, day in and day out, in Chisinau.

Working In The Salt Mine....

 There are two different tours of the famous salt mines of Krakow.  One tour goes through all the beautiful, lit galleries and past the hospital.  The other is the "miner's tour."  In this tour, you are put to work as an apprentice miner.  This includes dressing you up in miner's gear, including an oxygen generator, headlamp, and coveralls.  Most of the tour is lit only by headlamps.  It's small groups, too.  Andreas and I were the only ones in our group!  This contrasts with the couple hundred per group of the tourist route. We mined the salt above and were allowed to take it home.  The photo below is the only one I was able to take of the tour because my camera wasn't charged.

If you like a bit of adventure and a bit of climbing and work, I recommend the miners' tour to you.  It was a great experience and taught us a lot about mining!

On The Square

While waiting for our appointment time to get in the Krakow archaeological museum, we enjoyed people watching and drinking warm on the square.  Andreas had a hot chocolate and I had my usual cappucino.

Down To The Borders

The whole middle design is done, and it's time to work on the borders.  This is going to be done soon.  Yay!

Ferrari Flurry

 Krakow's local Ferrari dealer wanted to show off its inventory, so they brought it to a side street right off the main square.  The local police were not impressed; they told them to move the cars, as they were parked illegally - including in a handicapped spot.  The whole scene caused quite a buzz.

Getting The Old Done

Animals rule is on my 2011 Crazy January list, and I am truly trying to clear off that backlog.  This is the last that I haven't worked on lately, so it's been restarted.  Shouldn't take too long.  The wolf is at about the three inch mark.

It's All Mexican At The Zoo...

Andreas got out of training early on his last day, so we went to the Frankfurt zoo.  We did -not- expect to find a Mexican restaurant at the back.  The food definitely wasn't authentic, but they tried and it didn't taste bad.