Prague - We now understand why so many people call it the most beautiful city in Europe, but we don't necessarily agree with that statement. Every building is stunning with so much history, there is also a 'Ginger and Roger Dancing' building. It's mostly just an ugly modern building. Old Town however is incredible! The Astronomical Clock is very cool, all the old buildings carvings are unbelievable, and the people are very friendly. It was good to be on our own figuring out the trams and the language, all in all, it's worth going to.
Poland - To quote a girl we met in Budapest "Poland is one of the most underrated countries in all of Europe." We totally agree! It's full of lovely people who are quite good at English, and better pizza than...Italy!!! I'ts true. Polish pizza is soo good. But more importantly, we took a tour of the Wieliczka Salt Mine. We only went into about 20 of the chambers - but get this - there's over 20,000. It's a 300km long mine. We also only went about 130 meters down, but it's depth is 327 meters. Being 700 years old, that's ridiculous. The most amazing thing in the mine (I, Brianna, think), was the largest underground church in the world. It was carved by 3 men, and took 60 years exactly for them to finish. It's complete with 'The Fleeing to Egypt', 'The Manger Scene', 'The Last Supper', and many more scenes carved into the walls. The chandeliers are decorated with the finest salt, so it looks like glass, but the whole thing is beautiful. Every carving in the mine is done by miners that worked there, so by amateurs. That is a place we for sure want to make it back to.
I was waiting! Thank you for updating me. I love hearing about your adventures, and can't wait to see an hours long photo presentation when you get home so I can hear more stories and see more amazing sights 'with' you.
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