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Travel Blogs from San Giovanni in Valle Aurina
Innsbruck
... been two winter Olympics and one youth winter Olympics held here. Apparently you can ski all year round thanks to a glacier on one of the mountains. Next we headed into the Old Town streets. The Christmas markets had recently started so we browsed the stalls selling all sorts of produce, Christmas trinkets and most importantly for the locals, hot wines and punches... We are sure this is what gets them through the cold winters! ...
Christmas Markets!
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Our second day and last day here we were hoping for a real clear sunning day, and lucky for us we got it! Heading up to the summit of the alps by cable car and then gondola took about 20minutes. Once we got up there, as you can imagine, the view was stunning. Far in the distance you had a nice clear view of the hills with snow and underneath that the city with the river running through. It was weird how it wasn't cold at all, even though we were that high up and surrounded ...
Onwards to find the Dolomites
... that my plans of heading via the mountains to Bolzano was going to be impossible as all the passes were closed!!! I looked at the map then the satnav for ways round but just could not work out where the hell I was. The signs on the road simply said "Pass Closed" and underneath said "Use alternative route"!!! I wonder what route we were supposed to take???
With the satnav sending me round in circles I simply got on a road heading East and followed that for mile after mile ...
Bridge on the River Inn
... far outweighed the enthusiasm of the menfolk. Barry and I strolled around the obvious attractions, sports outlets and a wonderful gadget shop, had a brief encounter with the Golden Roof and the Old Town streets, then weakened in a café and ambled back to the Hauptbahnhof. Our journey back to Achenkirch was to be wonderfully varied, involving a train journey to Jenbach, then two bus trips to Maurach and ...
History's Presence
Just speaking honestly here: history was one of the harder subjects to keep interested in throughout school. But I feel that it was mostly because the curriculum seemed to be so focused on the memorization of names and dates. Now, as hard as it might be for me to admit, history has come alive with a bit more of an attractive image. All across Europe so far I've encountered great ...