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was with a snowball! Upon returning to Lucerne, many students rented motorboats to see Lake Lucerne or went to “McCheaper” - Lucerne’s answer to McDonald’s.
The following day, the tour continued to Salzburg, Austria with a stop in Einsiedeln to see the baroque cathedral and another pause for lunch in Liechtenstein, the small principality of 22,000 subjects. On Easter Sunday, the group attended a musical mass at Salzburg’s baroque cathedral and then visited Hohensalzburg, a medieval fortress overlooking the city.
The majority of students agree that the afternoon’s excursion to the Salzbourg Salt Mines was the highlight of the trip. The group donned the traditional costume of a salt-miner, comt pleta with leather pad to protect one’s, i reacJ They were told that the purpose of tne costume was to make the visit more fun.
A small train carried the group through a narrow tunnel at the end of which the purpose of the leather pads became apparent. The group found they had to slide down two very long wooden slides that were used originally by salt miners to get quickly from one level to another.
The adventure continued as the group crossed a large underground brine lake in a cable-drawn boat. Students found that if they rubbed their fingers across the multi-colored rocks, they were able to lick them and taste the salt. The excursion concluded with a roller-coaster ride through a long and winding passageway.
On Monday, the tour visited Schloss Hellbrunn, a 17th century castle famous for its trick fountains which drenched many of the students. Tuesday, the group continued to Rothenburg, a charming German village dating from the Middle Ages. They also toured nearby Heidelberg, the ancient university town of rose-colored
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