A trip to the salt mines is not just a trip to the salt mines; it's a trip to another world. The Wieliczka Salt Mines have become quite the tourist attraction as they now do not produce salt. You go down so many feet, metres [felt like miles] on a factory elevator. Then you walk for more feet, metres [feels like miles] and see lots of salt.
The beauty here are the carvings, carvings produced by the workers on their own time. There are many religious statues and they are crude and beautiful, most made from salt. In the Holy Cross Chapel stands a wooden cross inspiring in its simplicity. There is the underground church where everything is carved from salt.
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