Salt Mine Cathedral

This week we went to a Salt Mine Cathedral.  It is considered one of the wonders of Colombia & definitely a tourist attraction.  I say definitely because this is the first time in over 2 months we have met travelers from the United States.  And may I say it was refreshing!  We heard one group speaking English.  I went straight over to them & asked where they were from & their answer was California.  While we were waiting in line for an English tour guide, we met a couple from New Jersey.

Our language tutor, Clara, was our escort for the trip. We are trying to have one outing a month with her to experience the culture here.  This was a fascinating place.  It is a cathedral, made of salt in a mine.

The cathedral is located in a town about 45 minutes north of Bogota called Zipaquira.

This is the town square.

Inside the mine, this is a kneeling platform that looks like it is made of quartz, but it is actually made from salt.

There are crosses throughout the cathedral symbolizing the story of Christ's death & resurrection.

This is a nativity scene made  from salt.

We did a miners tour & were able to mine for salt, emeralds or whatever we knocked off the walls!

Brook put some black soot on her face to look more authentic.

The guide was getting ready to make an explosion sound in the mine.  Brook was preparing herself.

Clara is always fun to be around & we had a nice cultural outing & a change from our class routine.

In front of the carved image with salt walls.

Hope you have a good Thursday.  I'm ready for another weekend.  Or a vacation.