Krakow: The Salt Mine II

Compared to the yashica, my poor fuji instax mini had mixed results in the Salt Mines.

Some turned out quite well...

Some not so well...

and some didn't make it...

I definitely had fun experimenting with it though - even if its possibly the noisiest camera to carry in echoing caverns!

I've given my fuji to my parents for their trip to New York next month

{I'm so excited for them}

I can't wait to see their photos.

(they read this, they have to take some now, haha)

(sorry Dad...)

Have a great weekend!

Hopefully the weather is a bit nicer where you are compared to foggy, miserable Leeds.

Krakow: The Salt Mine

Just outside Krakow (a slightly terrifying bus journey away) is one of Poland's most popular tourist attractions - The Wieliczka Salt Mine. The mine was definitely one of the highlights of our trip and if you ever go to Krakow, I highly recommend that you visit it- although you do start the tour by going down around 300 steps...

The tour consists of over 30 chambers, going as deep as 135m underground including chapels, chandeliers and statues completely carved of rock salt. There was also a restaurant at the end (where you could get a phone signal?!) and if you wanted to look around - a museum about the mine. We went to the museum and again, if you have the time and the energy, I highly recommend that as well - it was fascinating to see and learn more about the history of the mine and how the workers used to live down there.

I'm going to gush a little here but boy did our Yashica Autofocus do well in the mines! My phone camera seriously stuggled with the lack of light and I was a little worried that the film camera would struggle too however, its photos turned out much better than my digital ones

(though still not perfect...)

I'm just glad that we had something to share with everyone from it, as it was amazing!!

p.s. Sorry for the blog silence yesterday, I spent the day in bed with a migraine :(

p.p.s. Migraines suck!

Krakow - Around the Planty

Everytime I go to start a post about Krakow, it nearly starts with 'my favourite thing about...' but really, the whole city is my favourite at the moment - and the Planty - the 'green circle' park gardens that surrounded the old town is another feature of the city that I particularly adored. Especially as our apartment was literally across the road from it and we walked around at least one part of it everyday, hurray!

{photos taken with my new fave - the yashica samurai and my fuji instax mini, hurray}

In fact, I think every city needs a park to encompass it so I can walk around in Autumn and admire the beautiful leaves! (Yes, I mean you Leeds!)

In other news my parents are coming to visit this weekend - finally - so I am very excited!

I hope you all have a great weekend!

p.s. my lovely blog friend Eadaoin from City of Blackbirds featured me in her new Inspiration Secrets blog series this week - so if you're wondering what mine are - have a look

(and say hi to Ead, I love her!)

Krakow - Architecture

Walking around Krakow was honestly one of my favourite pass times whilst we were there - there was always something new to notice and I was often walking around looking up at the buildings rather than where I should have been going...

Aren't the buildings gorgeous? Even though some were run down, it just added to their character and to the feeling of the City.

I think I want to go back...

p.s You may have seen Anna's post yesterday dedicated to my dearest blog friend Clara - who is having a charity sale selling amazing Rollei cameras(!) to raise money for the victims of the Merapi Eruptions in Indonesia.

Everytime I see any terrible news about Indonesia, Clara is the first person I think of and I know that Anna has loved ones she cares about and worries about too, so if you are interested in gaining a new camera and helping a great cause, please have a look.