We visited the salt mines at Hallein. Salt made the Archbishop of Salzburg very rich. The celts used to mine for salt back in the dark ages and when they began mining for salt again they found a preserved body of a celtic miner in the mines. But they don't have the body anymore, only a model which was a bit disappointing.
In the salt mines we go down 1500 metres under the ground. We took a little train down. Then we slid down the slides that they used to slide the bags of salt down. Then we took a boat across a little underground brine lake and another slide. They had a chapel down there.
Then we drove to the Swarovski Crystal Caves in Watten. Amelia spent a lot here. They have an enormous round dome with crystal walls and ceiling and they have displays of crystal and neon and figures. It was really cool.
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| The entrance to the caves. This is the giant. |
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| Crystal pyramids |
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| Crystal butterfly |
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| A tiara |
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