On day 9 of our trip we spent it mostly with Kevin, Marnie and their three adorable kids. First we went to the salt mines. First we all had to put on these oompa-loompa suits (very flattering!) and then we road a kind of train into the mines. The train was on track, but you straddled it and it had no sides or anything. It was fun. In the mine we slide down two wooden slides that were long and left your stomach at the top. Nathan, of course, loved them.
My favorite part of the mine was riding the boat across this huge underground brine lake! It looked like black glass, you can see the reflection of the cave ceiling in the brine! Then when we were in the middle of the lake, they turned out all the lights and a really cool light show started and the light show also reflected in the lake, making it that much cooler!
Here is Nathan standing next to a huge piece of salt...yes, that is salt!
Then we went to to see the "Chapel of St. Bartholomew" which is a famous little church on the Konigsee Lake and a great photo spot for our two photographers, Nathan and Kevin. The only way to reach it is by boat, so here we are!
When we got there we saw a German wedding party! Yes, we are back in Germany again. We were just hopping back and forth over the border. There is NO border control throughout Europe! Isn't this couple cute! I love their traditional dress!
Here is the chapel...
My handsome man!
Posing with the Watzman Mountains behind us. Legend says that the peaks were once a royal family who were so evil that God punished them by turning them into rocks!
A mountain meadow. So pretty here!
This lake is called "Lake Obersee" and was part of Lake Konigsee (the one we road the boat across to get to the chapel) until an avalanche separated them 8 centuries ago! That must have been some avalanche because it took us about 15 minutes to briskly walk to it! The waterfall in the background is the tallest in Germany, Rothbachfalle!
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