Today we visited the Salt Mines of Bex about 45 minutes from Lausanne. It was especially neat because these mines are still functioning and selling salt today. The miners each morning take the same train that we rode into the mountain to see the galleries.We were able to hear about the history and the back-breaking work (chiseling out tunnels by hand, carrying out loads of rocks 50 kg in a wooden backpack) that went into extracting this valuable mineral from the earth.
The trip was enjoyable and interesting to see the insides of a mountain from a rickety miniature train (see photo below). 
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