Salzburg and Salt Mines

Take a bunch of underground salt mine tunnels, add a little Disney-like magic and you have a really fun tour.

Donning heavy overalls we weren't sure what to expect. We lined up like the seven dwarfs ready to work the mine,  boarded our little train and decended into the earth.
Happy miners ready to go
What a blast! Twice we whooshed down well-worn wooden slides feeling the heat from the friction of the decent. A light show guided our boat across a subterranean lake. And despite all the fun, we learned about the process of mining salt that has occurred here for 500 years. 

The scenery over the past few days has been storybook quality. Alpine meadows, ragged rocky mountains and snow capped peaks. Tidy farms with wooden barns. All in all visual wonderland.

The day was capped with dinner at a monastery beer garden. Two burly Germans filled ceramic steins as fast as they could from giant wooden casks. Food vendors of all kinds lined a hallway which eventually led to a tree covered garden which seated hundreds of happy revelers.
Two satisfied customers at Augustiner beer garden

A canopy of trees shades beer garden patrons

Twilight decends on Salzburg


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