The view or two from my "office"

Good news. We escaped alive.

The story of how we made it out of a disused mine 60 metres below ground when a fire broke out comes later.

But let’s start at the beginning with the office views before the emergency.

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The Seegrotte is about an hour from
Vienna and was initially a phosphorus mine, to make fertiliser and explosives.

More recently, about one third of the film The Three Musketeers was filmed here.

I don’t remember the film but apparently this “door” features prominently.

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Hinterbruhl, Austria.
 
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The mine was taken over by the Germans during the war.

They used it as a place to build the parts for planes where they wouldn’t be seen by the enemy.

Some of the original parts remain on display.

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The parts were then sent by rail to Vienna airport where the planes were assembled.

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Hinterbruhl, Austria.
 
Not today, but I got the chance to go to Karijini earlier this year. Wonderful place and I can't wait to get back.
 

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