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This was indeed another unusual experience. We had great fun at the Salt Mines! We had to don a special suite so that we wouldn’t ruin our clothes with friction burn and dirt.

We also had the experience of riding the originally used slides in the salt mines. Another adventure I looked forward to! But first, we had to take a train ride into the salt mines. The tour took around 2 hours from start to finish and it was nice and chilly down in the tunnels.

All of us looking like we were going into quarantine – wearing the special pajama style suits, or heading to a sterile facility to watch experiments being conducted (haha!).

The train ride into the heart of the mountain.

The well lit tunnels of Hallein’s Salt Mines where we walked along the tracks.

At some point, we crossed the border, underground.

The lake within the salt mine.

  It was fun sliding down the salt mine slides just like how the workers did back in the day. We had to straddle the slide like such, with a thick wooden beam under us. The surface of the wood was really smooth, aiding us in our speedy descent. The heavier you were, the faster you went, which is about the only time I wished I was fatter.

Below are photographs of the salt mines.