The Catacombs (aka "Dead on my head")

Waiting to enter the catacombs

After taking a bunch of stairs down a spiral staircase, we entered this maze of tunnels which we traveled for a while until we got to the bones.

It was super scary!

There were mini carvings

Then, we headed up a ramp to enter the catacombs

Stop!  It's here, the empire of the dead...

The bones went on for a very, very long time

(and the ceiling was dripping on us)

(and, it was creepy)

(and, it was slick down there)

Look at how they were arranged so neatly.

That is a human skull

The ceiling was dripping on us

The bell tower

Much of this area was made of gypsum and limestone.  I found this ceiling interesting as the number was written backwards and I'm not sure why (it's as if someone was peering down looking at it properly only it's not a window, so you can't look down at it).

At the end, we went up a TINY, spiral staircase of over 80 steps.  It was a workout to say the least.  When we got to the top, this is the first thing I spotted:

Blog post by Zoe to come tomorrow while we're on our 6 hour train ride!