Saturday dawned wet. It had rained much of the night and that largely influenced our decision to go underground today to the famous Salzbergwerk Berchtesgaden – the Salt mines.
The 'white gold' as it was once known, is still mined here and this interpretative centre does a great job of explaining the process whilst incorporating underground train and boat rides plus a couple of fun slides, along with English audio guides for foreigners like us.
Sam, Russell and I had done this in 2008 but were keen to show the girls and it turned out to be worth the 15 euro for a repeat trip. New holographic lighting technology had further improved the experience and despite Zoe still feeling unwell, we all had a laugh – just looking at our uniforms did that!
Having worked up an appetite in the mine, we ordered lunch in the adjacent restaurant (Tannika and I had a great Wiener schnitzel) followed by pancakes. The waitress was most perplexed when we asked for accompanying lemon, obviously not a German tradition.
Although the rain has stopped, the little hint of blue sky we had seen prior to going underground had disappeared and the mist had returned. Very atmospherical but a little milder as well, the forecast is for clearing skies but no snow. Can't have it both ways 🙂