August 22, 2003

Sniff, Sniff....  Time to go Home.  It really has been a great trip.

Back in Kraków we have been walking the town and seeing the sights we missed.  There are a few more we need to see -- or see again and this time capture on video.

We visited the Wieliczka Salt Mines, where you travel 135 meters (about 400 feet) below the surface to see a series of salt sculptures and rooms left behind by hundreds of years of salt mining.  The images to the left are in a chapel completely made of salt.  Even the crystals in the chandelier are crystal salt.

The church interior at the right is St. Florian's Church, where Pope John Paul II was a parish priest many years ago, and where we were married -- not that many years ago.

At the right top is St Florian's Gate, leading to the market square and St. Mary's Church, one of the most famous Gothic Cathedrals in the world. (right, second from top)
The inside has been completely restored and cleaned (right, bottom).  You can spend hours looking at all the ornate paintings, carvings and stained glass.

This time we have a little video for you.  Just a quick walk out the front gate and across the street to the market and St. Mary's.  The Quality isn't that great, but we are making do for those with a lack of bandwidth.  Heck, even this small it's 1.7 MB, so if you have a slow modem don't click unless you have time to get a cup of coffee.

Click if you dare

Back to work on Tuesday morning, and back to school in just a few weeks.  Then we start planning next year's Adventure...

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Bill, Monika, Anna, Eva and Maria Darron

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