{"id":196,"date":"2014-07-08T10:16:31","date_gmt":"2014-07-08T10:16:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.migration.globechalk.com\/travel\/?p=196"},"modified":"2014-07-08T10:18:20","modified_gmt":"2014-07-08T10:18:20","slug":"gluck-auf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/GLOBECHALK.COM\/travel\/?p=196","title":{"rendered":"Gl\u00fcck auf!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.migration.globechalk.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/2014-07-03-05.49.41.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-199 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.migration.globechalk.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/2014-07-03-05.49.41.jpg\" alt=\"2014-07-03 05.49.41\" width=\"1024\" height=\"371\" srcset=\"http:\/\/GLOBECHALK.COM\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/2014-07-03-05.49.41.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/GLOBECHALK.COM\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/2014-07-03-05.49.41-300x108.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>So say the miners! This is a traditional miners&#8217; greeting in Germany\/Austria, wishing each other luck in finding a lode. I was in Salzburg last week, presenting a poster at a GIS conference, and I found the opportunity to do some exploring, including spending a morning at the salt mines.<\/p>\n<p>I chose the salt mines in Hallein, which are among the world&#8217;s oldest, mined for 7,000 years. You put on protective clothing, ride a little train through the mine, walk through the tunnels, cross into Germany, slide down 2 miners&#8217; slides, and ride a boat across an underground lake!<\/p>\n<p>The slides were definitely the coolest&#8211;very steep and it was all so fast!<\/p>\n<p>The above photo is taken from the fortress in Salzburg. More to come on the beauty of Salzburg!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_202\" style=\"width: 305px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.migration.globechalk.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/2014-07-04-06.24.46.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-202\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-202 \" src=\"http:\/\/www.migration.globechalk.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/2014-07-04-06.24.46-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"2014-07-04 06.24.46\" width=\"295\" height=\"221\" srcset=\"http:\/\/GLOBECHALK.COM\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/2014-07-04-06.24.46-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/GLOBECHALK.COM\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/2014-07-04-06.24.46.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 295px) 100vw, 295px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-202\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Salt mine ceiling<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_207\" style=\"width: 95px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.migration.globechalk.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/2014-07-04-14.19.56-01.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-207\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-207\" src=\"http:\/\/www.migration.globechalk.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/2014-07-04-14.19.56-01-114x300.jpg\" alt=\"2014-07-04 14.19.56-01\" width=\"85\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"http:\/\/GLOBECHALK.COM\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/2014-07-04-14.19.56-01-114x300.jpg 114w, http:\/\/GLOBECHALK.COM\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/2014-07-04-14.19.56-01.jpg 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 85px) 100vw, 85px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-207\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Miners&#8217; gear: riding the train!<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_201\" style=\"width: 198px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.migration.globechalk.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/2014-07-04-05.48.16.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-201\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-201\" src=\"http:\/\/www.migration.globechalk.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/2014-07-04-05.48.16-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"2014-07-04 05.48.16\" width=\"188\" height=\"251\" srcset=\"http:\/\/GLOBECHALK.COM\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/2014-07-04-05.48.16-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/GLOBECHALK.COM\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/2014-07-04-05.48.16.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 188px) 100vw, 188px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-201\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Miners&#8217; slides: can&#8217;t see the top!<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So say the miners! This is a traditional miners&#8217; greeting in Germany\/Austria, wishing each other luck in finding a lode. I was in Salzburg last week, presenting a poster at a GIS conference, and I found the opportunity to do some exploring, including spending a morning at the salt mines. 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