November 24
| Salzburg, Austria Saltmines in Hallein/Bad Dürrenberg Silent Night Museum Schloss Hellbrunn Silent Night Chapel |
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All dressed up in miner's clothes for the Saltmines |
| Onthe train into the mines |
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| getting ready to watch the first movie |
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| Underground we walked into Germany; mines do not know any borders.... |
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Going down the slides |
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Brine to taste..... 27% salt content.... |
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on the float across the salt lake |
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The second slide.... twice as long as the first one! |
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our guide... the miner's uniform has 29 golden buttons because Santa Barbara, the miner's saint, was martyred when she was 29 years old |
| everyone got a salt shaker.... |
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| Silent Night Museum Franz Gruber, the composer, lived and died here |
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The pavillion, in Caslte Hellbrunn, a station in the Sound of Music |
| Schloss Hellbrunn |
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| In front of Silent Night Chapel |
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The Silent Night Chapel, where both Mohr (the one who wrote the lyrics) and Gruber (who composed the melody) performed the song on December 24th with a guitar |
| Enjoying "Kinderpunsch", hot spiced juice |
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