Day 54, August 4, 2014 - Wieliczka Salt Mine

First a correction to Day 52 - Left out and important zero.  There were approximately 300,000-400,000 densly packed Jews in 3.3 square kilometers.  Not 30,000.  250-300,000 were killed.  

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It is late in the afternoon on August 4.  Russ and I are sitting in a little bar/cafe in the old Jewish sector of Krakow.  The afternoon storm is right overhead, so we are taking a time out for some coffee and apple pie with ice cream as we catch up on email, trip planning, and blogging.

We took a tour of the salt mine this morning.  The tour was wonderful and the mine caverns with history, sculptures, cathedral, chapels, lakes, cinema, multi media, and underground markets are amazingly big and beautiful.  No longer an operating mine, the mine still employs three hundred miners to convert sections into tourist attractions.  Sorry, since I can only post one photo when I email in my blogs, I will post some photos of the mine and old town Krakow at a later date.  Check the actual blog for the photos.

Tomorrow is another sober day, as we will be going to Auschwitz, and Katowice, Poland.

All is well with the Worrall Travel R's still waiting for the rain to subside in Krakow