Wieliczka Salt Mine, POLAND

Salt mines.....as if I have not seen enough salt flats in Bolivia and Iran! However, the salt mines of southern Poland is a UNESCO world heritage site! Hmmm....amazing!

One well traveled Frenchman observed in the 18th century that Wieliczka salt mine was no less magnificent than the Egyptian pyramids....I guess that says it all...but then again....that was a French man. Take it from me....your favourite world traveler: Wieliczka Salt Mine is absolutely: Amazing!

Among the famous who visited .... were celebrities such as Copernicus, Goethe, Sarah Bemhardt, Pope John Paul II (no, he fell sick a few days before seeing the unveiling of his statue down deep below the surface), and other more recent well-known people such as Bill and Hillary....oh and the current "leader of the free world"....George.

The Wieliczka Salt Mine has been worked for 700 years. It used to be one of the world's biggest and most profitable industrial establishments during its time.

Mining in Wieliczka produced a total of some 200 kilometers of passages as well as 2,040 caverns of varied size. The tourist route starts 64 m deep and ends 135 m below the earth's surface, where the world's biggest museum of mining is located with the unique centuries-old equipment among its exhibits. Still below, some 210 m deep, there is a sanatorium for those suffering from asthma and allergy. Occasionally concerts and other events take place in the Wieliczka mine’s biggest chambers. Amazing indeed!