Prancing Around in Poland: The Town of Wieliczka

A day after having a splendid meal, we decided to venture out of Kraków and visit the town of Wieliczka. There is a reason why we went here: we wanted to visit the famous salt mines. So we took the bus from Kraków that headed to the town, and found the place to buy a ticket for the salt mines. However, our ticket only allowed us to visit the mines a couple of hours later, so we had some time to burn. We used that to explore the vicinity.

The town is small, and aside from the salt mine, there isn't much. Nevertheless, we still found some interesting things to do.

First of all, we found a statue of John Paul II. Apparently he's famous here in Wieliczka as well.

There is a medieval castle in the centre of town, and it happens to be a museum. So we checked it out. The first section was all about archaeology. So we saw interesting old pots and pans, and the random skeleton.

And because salt is a primary feature of the town, there was also an exhibit about salt shakers and salt dispensers. Humans definitely are very imaginative, and I saw very interesting and creative salt containers.

There were also some eye-catching crystals on display. Unfortunately I don't know much about minerals so I couldn't tell whether these are awesome or not.

It is a castle after all, so there was one impressive room. It was being used as a meeting hall.

Aside from the medieval castle, we walked around and checked out the market square. It was pretty, but small. Eventually it became time to enter the salt mine, so we headed back to the salt mine entrance and entered the underworld.