By Marri
Well it was a bit rainy on the way to the salt mines and Peter (aka Petey) the bus driver took us on a little loop de doop and and we had to turn around once, maybe twice but sure enough we got there!
When we first got to the mines we put on these white suits with pointy hoods. Not going to lie we looked like we belonged to the kkk. Then we took the this dainty little train into the middle of the mine and that thing picked up a lot of speed by the end. After getting off the train we walked down more of the mine which was small, black and a bit frightening at times but we saw some salt samples and a weird machine. Overall we got a good feeling of what it would be like to be a salt miner, and decided that it wouldn't be a chosen career for any of us in the future.
After watching a couple of videos we went on a boat and saw an underwater cavern in the salt mine that they lit up with pretty colours such as blue, red and green. It was probably my favorite part.
My next favourite part was going down the steep wooden slides - altho I felt like I was going to get slivers in my bum and your butt was on fire by the time you got to the bottom - it was still a fun treat! When we got to the bottom of the 2nd slide we were at the deepest, coldest, and might I add the smelliest part of the mountain. There we crossed back into Austria from Germany (we crossed the border underground) kelly b said is was like the tunnel leading to Canada but I'm going to take a stab in the dark and say she was wrong.
After getting back on the train and returning to ground level we went into the souvenir shop and bought a bunch of goodies like steak and chili flavoured salt. Tam tam B even worked her magic and got us a bunch of free different kinds of salt (tam tam is very good at getting free things just like the drinks at the pub in Helsinki, right tam tam?)
Well that's about all I can say about a salt mine ... A very interesting experience overall. Time to sleep. Hi family!
Current time: 5pm aug 3
Current city: Salzburg, Austria
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