In Chapel

 This shows some of the damage that happens to salt with moisture over centuries.  The scene below is the story of how the mine was founded.  Evidently Queen Jadwiga asked her father for a salt mine for a dowry, and on her way to marry her Polish husband stopped at this place and told people to dig to find salt.  Since it's been shown the mine works were in place before her time ... it's a bit false.

Still Yummie

On a rainy day we went back to Yummie for lunch in Krakow.  I had pumpkin soup and steak salad.  Andreas had a burger and fries, of course.  They were both excellent, as usual.

Top And Bottom

I managed to finish a bit more sidewalk and some more of the peach facade at the top.

The First Chapel

Even the blocked off areas of the tourist route are very finished off.  The place looks -too- good, if that makes sense.  The last couple of photos are from the first chapel passed in the tour.  The figures are centuries old and have degraded some from moisture.

Working On The Sky

A bit more sky got done this time, along with some on the brown butterfly.

Disappointing Georgian Food

There is an upscale Georgian restaurant just off the square.  We realized it was Georgian because we sounded the name out in Polish and it looked like hachipuri, which it was.  We really hoped for good Georgian food, but it wasn't.  It was greasy and just plain weird.  Chisinau's Tblisi Restaurant is SO much better. A lot of the food doesn't even look the same.

Much Nicer

After the miner's route, it's so easy to think the tourist route was never an actual mine.  It was, but it's also been a tourist area for nearly a century - including when the mine was functioning.  The wooden machines are so beautiful compared to the ones in the miner's route.  The walls, too, are kept in lovely condition.