The weekly photo challenge is to post my most meaningful image taken in 2017. I’ve decided to post a gallery of my favorites. I hope you enjoy these as much as I do.
A composite map of Budapest with an antique map and a recent photo of the Budapest Parliament Building
Time for the train is a collage of pocket watches and a photo of a steam train. Trains and pocket watches go together.
City Glass & Mirror is located in downtown Clinton, TN. Faded and chipped but still readable the sign drew my eye.
I love this photo! I love this version. It glows, it’s warm, it’s inviting.
Budapest Night Lights
Sunset Cruise Prague
Waiting at Europa
The flag blowing in the wind with the Used Books sign grabbed my attention immediately.
The Weekly Photo Challenge is Ascend. To get to the top, you have to work for it sometimes. Take the stairs, the elevator is broken.
A spiral staircase is visible through an open door in a building in Cuba
Stone steps at the Rice Grist Mill in Norris Dam State Park. The autumn leaves have fallen and the recent rain gave them the feel of an orange water fall.
The shadow of the scroll work on the railing is highlighted on the stairs.
The weekly photo challenge is transformation. While the original blog discusses weather and seasonal transformations, I decided to go in a different direction.
The entrance to the Wieliczka Salt Mine in Wieliczka, Poland. The mine opened in the 13th Century and worked continuously through 2007. It is now a tourist attraction where one walk down to 210 ft below ground on a very narrow stairwell.
When we were in Krakow, Poland, we visited the Wieliczka Salt Mines. The mines have been continuously active from the 13th century until 2007. I briefly discussed our trip to the mines in my Krakow post. Here you can see some more of the mines and why it’s worth going down 400 stairs to get there.
A lake inside the mine.
A tunnel lined with salt licks for made for farm animals
A salt statue of Nicolaus Copernicus inside the mines.
The majority of the tunnels were lined with wood, but once in a while we would pass an area where we could see the salt seeping from the walls, creating a marble effect. Once in the mine, we started seeing sculptures and scenes carved from the salt by the miners themselves.
The walls in the tunnels are covered with salt, creating a marble look.
Once large scene, carved in the 17th century, depicts the Princess of Kinga. Princess Kinga was reluctantly engaged to Bolesław V. The legend is that she flung her engagement ring into the Maramures salt mine in Hungary. From there, the ring made its way to Wieliczka, Poland where it was discovered in a lump of salt. Thus bringing salt mining to Wieliczka.
The Janowice Chamber is a large sculpture dedicated to Kinga
Throughout the mines, there are scenes like this, just as old. But the most amazing is the Chapel of St. Kinga. It is a testament to the miners’ dedication to their Christian beliefs and acts as a working cathedral. They hold weekly Holy Services, sermons, weddings, etc in the large hall.
The Chapel of St. Kinga still acts as a chapel where masses and other Holy Services are still held.
A Jesus statue inside the St. Kinga Chapel in the mine.
An altar in the Chapel of St. Kinga. The amazing detail in the sculptures is awe inspiring.
A manger scene inside the Chapel of St. Kinga
The mine is on Poland’s official National Historic Monuments registry. It is also a Unesco World Heritage site. There are different routes you can take through the mines. There is a tourist route, a miner’s route, and a Pilgrim’s route. The Pilgrim’s route includes prayers in each chapel and a mass at the end of the tour.
Chapel Salt Mine. A chapel inside the Wieliczka Salt Mines in Krakow, Poland.
The Weekly Photo Challenge is Temporary. Street photography is all about catching a moment. Because once that person or people move just a hair to the left or right, the image changes and becomes something else.
Two women walk in Vienna, creating a completely different scene.
These 2 women make this photo.
Prague Street Market
People walk down the street in Havana, Cuba
The elderly lady walking down the middle of the street makes this photo for me.
A young woman takes a selfie in a second floor window.
The Weekly Photo Challenge is Rounded. It’s what I love about cities and towns, those curves that lead us around the corner. You can’t see past it. What’s waiting there? Just around the corner.
The weekly photo challenge is Scale. The over sized Gothic churches and cathedrals of Europe are a great example of this. With their massive columns, two and three story stained glass windows, and soaring painted ceilings, they make me feel tiny in comparison.
Lining Up for Church
Going to Church
This feels painterly and soft. It glows and the window detail is there. I love this version!
In Matthias Church
Matthias Organ
St. Vitus Choir
Detail Matthias Church
Candles and Purity
I love this photo! I love this version. It glows, it’s warm, it’s inviting.
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