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Innsbruck
... out it was hot orange and cinnamon punch with rum. It's as hot as drinking a tea straight out of a boiler. We headed back to the markets after a couple of drinks and decided to try one of the drinks at the market. It wasn't as nice but the mugs made good souvineers. The rule is, if you bring your mug back you got €2 back, kind of like a bond, but we wanted to keep ours. We weren't too hungry so we just got a ...
Christmas Markets!
... past when a show was on. Guys were on unicycles doing really cool tricks, some even with fire. A small group of girls did an ice skating dance routine which was pretty good.
We were going to try and make it out to the Olympic skate ring while we were here so Dan could throw on some ice skates for the first time, but didn't quite work out for us, which is unfortunate, as that would have been heaps of fun.
There is not a hell of a lot to see here in Innsbruck, so ...
Any pass will do
... happens so I think it’s safer to start heading home today.
Soon I’m on a long busy road which looking at the map was route 49 which is a main route across Austria and Italy and that would explain why it was so busy.
Finally I’m onto the motorway and cruising along at 80mph. Wow, does this feel fast after all the slow creeping around I have done the last few days on the mountains. However, it’s not that speed all the way as ...
Bridge on the River Inn
... pizza has become a universal menu item. It's only a variation on a sandwich really, just a bit hotter and cheese everywhere. Innsbruck is a charming city with little in the way of tourist attractions. Its greatest asset is the view up to the snow-capped mountains that dominate the horizon. In today's sunshine, a splendid sight indeed. We tried to stroll the city centre together, but the wives' stamina for ...
History's Presence
... and when you are a part of the history instead of reading it, the significance and relevance really becomes more profound.
I've climbed the stairs into Ann Frank's Secret Annex, sat in the gas chambers of Dachau and even visited the true Disneyland fairy-tale castle. When seeing first hand what books can only try and make real, everything is easier to understand. There was a great ...