The salt mine & an illusionist

We spent the morning in the salt mine at Wieliczka. The visit exceeded my expectations although it is now solely a tourist attraction rather than a working facility.  I suspect the tour did not capture the misery of actually working down there but it was undoubtedly impressive in its scale and grandeur. This hall is 300 feet underground.

On the way back, we saw an illusionist with a neat little trick.  I did figure it out after a few minutes but it was very clever.

In the evening we met another Polish friend, courtesy of Gil. She was a young university student, Ewa Nagy, and it was interesting hearing her take on the new Poland in contrast to Janusz Sepiol’s of a couple of days ago. She is studying law and the history of art and exhibits all the optimism that many of Poland’s young must have, tempered by the concerns of a 13% unemployment rate.