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Innsbruck Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Innsbruck, Austria
St. Gallen to Konstanz
14:15, 5-15, Traveling from St. Gallen to Konstanz today after a beautiful morning in the countryside near St. Gallen. Found a perfect place to camp four miles outside Konstanz. Completely secluded and hidden in the surroundings thanks to my forest green ...
Summer snow
... ;We went to bed hoping that tomorrow would be a better day so that we could enjoy being in such a great place. 22nd June - Innsbruck We went into town early today hoping to try and organise some summer skiing on one of the glaciers nearby to Innsbruck. ...
Beam Me Up Scotty Pasta and other Italian Delights
... from 1000AD, which remind me of the Aya Sophia in Instanbul. Yesterday we caught a long train from Venice to Innsbruck in Austria. Innsbruck is surrounded by snow capped mountains and throughout the street Christmas lights abound. We like it so much ...
Mountain frolics
We set out early from Lake Maggiore heading to Innsbruck. Wanted to arrive before Brent and Marg were due in on the train at 4-30pm. Drove through the mountains seeing some stunning views along the way.We first drove along the the lake to Locarno and from ...
Innsbruck...
So I'll just write a quick entry about Innsbruck. Joe visited this week, so after a few days of being really lucky with Paduan food (he thinks too highly of this city, I chose eating establishments too well and cast too good of a light upon this city ...
Innsbruck-er - Crystal Water Fountains
This town is the most picturesque I've encountered so far. It's so beautiful that it actually brought me to tears - yes, me brought to tears. This may have also been due to the fact that I was already emotional, as I had just been lost trying to find my ...
Last day in Innsbruck
Today I visited Schloss Ambras - the local Palace that Emperor Ferdinand built for his Wife, Philippina and their two children. She was not accepted by the Habsburgs because of her Spanish background and her lower social status. Her two boys were ruled ...
THE GOLDEN ROOF & CORN AS HIGH AS THE SKY!
... ; Can you image what it would be like if it was your first solo flight and doing it here! We head out on our way into Innsbruck, Austria. It is in the mountains all the way. There is a 16% grade going down into Innsbruck for about 5 kms. ...
Almost the end of Austria
... less 4 hours on the train, with a connection in Worgl. We realised that the snow is getting less and less as we approach Innsbruck. Sitting in our room we can now only see snow on the peaks of the magnificent Alps that feature outside our window. Monique ...
And our big surprise...a stop in Austria!!
... trying to sleep in the curtain, and getting to sleep a little later than usual, we woke up, had a nice hot shower, and got back on to the bus to head towards Venice. Darryl and Adele decided to surprise us with an extra stop in Austria for a few ...
Eurail? Not for me!
... Partenkirchen and Mittenwald, then through the Austrian towns of Schamitz and Seefeld in Tirol before jumping on the A22 in Innsbruck. The gorgeous countryside was dotted liberally with small barns awaiting the bounty of the harvest. Workers could be seen ...
St. Anton, Austria
... in all the beauty it has to offer. St. Anton certainly was the place to do it. We found Switzerland and Austria to be similar in that they are made for outdoor enthusiasts! We did a lot of hiking and saw some beautiful ...
I´ve exhausted all the clever titles
I have been without internet since my last blog, so I will attempt to summarize Slovenia, Italy and Austria in the shortest and sweetest way possible, as we head out at 2 a.m. this morning for the trek home. And we begin: The trek from Split to ...
Greatest. City. EVER.
... worlds which is a type of ammusement park with all crystals :) I'm so excited! Later tomorrow ewe have a meeting with Insbruck Tourist board, which promotes all tof the many activiites in Innsbruck. Im seriously looking out my window right now and can ...
Gruss gott!, Tues, Wed, Thurs, Fri
I just typed the whole entry and the computer crashed! Tuesday 7 August Another bus ride, another small cosy town. This ones called St Johann and it's nestled amongst the Austrian alps. Famous for adventure sports, beauty and ... maybe Apple ...
This place is crap or is it
Someone once said that Innsbruck was crap and there was no need to go there. But then they changed their mind and stayed for 3 days declaring it "how marvellous". It was a chance to get re-aquainted with Mr Pommes and Mrs Schnitzel. They were both ...
Washout
... jump up and touch them. It wasn't the view I went looking for, but there was beauty in it. All the way from Innsbruck to Garmisch-Partenkirchen the weather persisted in this manner, reminding me of the lesson I'd been learning over and over again on this ...
Snowy Thanksgiving weekend in the Alps
In addition to exploring Munich, the town of Garmisch and nearby castles, and the tallest mountain peak in Germany, the "Zugspitze", we drove to Innsbruck Austria and walked through the Christmas ...
Leaving Lucerne? :(
... gave me two motion sickness (ginger) tablets which turned out to help a lot. Got back on the bus, and we went off to innsbruck - got there quite early. WE got to go swarovski crystal shopping... i bought some earrings and they gave me a free gift which ...
Rätikon/Silveretta Trek
... We have just returned from eight days of backpacking through the Silveretta and Rätikon mountain ranges which lie west of Innsbruck along the border of Austria and Switzerland. We hiked Hütte to Hütte which allowed us to leave our tent, sleeping bags, ...
A few days off
... . I finally got pick pocketed on the train going back to Rome. The varmint got me getting on the train in Innsbruck and I didn't notice until a few hours later. He got my passport, driver's license and all of my credit/debit cards. ...
May 2nd: Innsbruck
... do it guys you will have a great time!!!! then on my way and i caught the about 2 some hour train from Munich to Innsbruck....WOW beautiful!!!! the town is surrounded by snow capped mountains...simply stunning. so i set out to find a bed and breakfast ...
Three in the Van (B)
... in Torri del Benaco. The water was a bit crisp to begin with but very refreshing. Then we had a long slow drive up to Innsbruck. I had tried to book some guest rooms at a campsite in nearby Natters but hadn't heard from them. We decided to head there ...
Austrian Hospitality in the Tyrol
... Gundi, and we were off to find something to do in the so so weather. We wound up seeing the famous gold roof of Innsbruck, wandered the quaint streets, peeked into some churches, had some Mexican food of all things, and just hung out. Gundi was a great ...
Innsbruck
... doing any hiking which was unfortunate. We went to a place called crystal world.. recommended as 'the' museum/gallery to see in Innsbruck... I would not agree, it was a bitter disappointment. The best thing about it was the entrance, a big face of a man ...
Innsburck quickly...
we're here and safe but the internet cafe is closing so we'll update properly on Monday. Thanks for all the comments we're missing you all lots give granny my love x ...
Innsbruck
... once the train left we removed the tickets and settled back to enjoy the journey. Many hours later we alighted at Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof. I had prepared detailed instructions on how to reach our hotel but once again I found it difficult to determine ...
On the Road Again to Innsbruck
On the road again. This was to be another travel day as we said farewell to Montreux and set out for Innsbruck in Austria. As we progressed the mountains became higher and more majestic – quite awe inspiring. The style of houses changed to be ...