Today, after we woke up, we were still addicted to the gnome hunting game. So after breakfast at the Old Market Square, we went gnome hunting again. We managed to find about 30 plus of them Not a bad record given the time we have. And after that, it was another long drive to another town called Wieliczka.
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| Place where we had breakfast |
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| 3 little gnomes |
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| I love you gnome |
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| Emo gnome |
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| Monkey gnome |
We were just in time to catch the last English tour at the salt mine. So off we went, climbing down the stairs. When I said stairs, I mean stairs, a lot of them. I think we went about 40 floors under! The salt mine wasn't cheap at all. We paid about 20 pounds and still get an unfriendly reply from the person at the counter saying "It's now or never"...Oh well, we were late in the first place.
Anyway, we went underground where the salt mine started, and our tour guide brought us in, and deeper to the salt mine, explaining the history of the salt mine in Poland and how the salt crystals can be used to build monuments or even the whole building. I am not kidding! They have this freaking hall sitting right in the salt mine which can be used for various ceremony. We were lucky that on that particular day, the hall was going to be used as a wedding reception. So we could see the staff decorating the hall. And oh, they have a pretty chandelier hanging from the ceiling (which is formed from salt crystals) that are made from, yeap salt crystals!
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| The princess who gave salt to Poland |
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| Sculpture of the Last Supper from salt crystal |
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| The hall-the floors are actually salt crystals as well |
After about 1 hour plus in the salt mine, we went to a near by cafe for dinner. Not too bad.
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| Dinner |
And after that, is a half an hour drive to our destination Krakow (pronounced as Kra-kov). After settling into our hostel, we went around the Old Market Square, just in time to see fireworks. It was another mid-summer celebration. *Sigh I just love fireworks!
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| Fireworks |
As we were walking back to our hostel, Dagmara decided that we should try Chinese take away from Poland. We were not hungry, but her boyfriend got one anyway. We even argued what chinese mushrooms are. LOL! That was a really fun night! But the noodles weren't that great:P.
Note to Dagmara: If you ever come to Singapore, we shall bring you to eat real Chinese mushrooms and real Chinese friend noodles ;)
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