Hotel Alpinpark Innsbruck

... it is covered with a chocolate ganache- it was delicious, much better than the day before.<br><br>The afternoon was Greg&#8217;s choice and we went to the Bergisel Stadium which is the new ski jump facility which was opened in 2001. This was on the site of the original ski jump facility which was used for the Winter Olympics in 1964 and 1976. You went in a cable car, then a lift to the top ...

... It was Emperor Maximilian I who added the "logia" over an oriel window and covered it with 2657 fine gilt copper tiles. It was when you went into the museum that you got more of an idea of what you were seeing on the outside. There was an English audio guide which gave lots of information (too much for the kids) on what was the late middle ages and also Maximilian and I found it quite interesting. For example, under the judicial system of that ...

Walked to the train station and did an expedition to the supermarket to spend our last Swiss Francs as we are back to Euros in Austria. Had a stopover in Zurich for a while and then caught the train to Innsbruck. Again this was a scenic trip over the mountains and it started snowing and was very deep as we got higher- just beautiful scenery. Innsbruck is surrounded by mountains, all of which had snow on them.<br><br>We checked into our hotel where we ...

... well as a crystal on display that is larger than my head. The exhibits in each room vary considerably. In this case I think the pictures describe the museum much better than I can. Once at the end of the museum rooms, the visitor must pass through the showroom and store before leaving the facility. Mom and I had a lot of fun in the store and the men waited patiently for us to decide on ...

... town early today hoping to try and organise some summer skiing on one of the glaciers nearby to Innsbruck. The news at the information centre was unfortunately all bad, not only was one of the glaciers shut for this week but the weather meant that it wasn't worth going to the other as it was supposed to be terrible for the rest of the week. Disappointed we bought a town travel pass for the day and spent our time looking around. Innsbruck has twice been used for the Winter ...

This was a lovely little place we stopped at on the bus tour to the castles. Unfortunately, being Sunday, most everything was shut (except for the souvenir shops that is). They have a woodcarving school there that I plan to stop at for a weeklong course on the next trip. But of course it was shut that ...

We were expecting to find a Whistler type of city when we got to Innsbruck but man, what a beautiful town this place is. This place is nestled right in the middle of the Alps and the town has such an old-school feel to it (as does every European city I guess) but it's so clean. The town looks as if it has a fresh coat of paint ...

... lake which I happily jumped into! Friday morning aftter poached eggs for breakfast and fully charged up we headed into dinkelsbuhl town. Stunning it was too with painted and frescoed old wonky buildings with colourful displays of flowers hanging from all stories. The rest of the day was much of the same. Pretty countryside speckled with quaint little villages. The weather started to turn sour the further south we headed so we plowed on to the Bravarian Alps and and ...

... then turned to see a familiar tall figure, dressed in a striking vivid blue ski jacket rounding the corner ..stiriding towards me. A big grin breaking over his face.... Dumping my bags in town we briefly waited until the afternoon discount pass kicked in. St Anton is not cheap - the pass will set you back around 38 euros a day, but the mileage is huge. We took the GalzigBahn - an impressive piece of engineering whisking us up to the mid ...

Another work conference for my parents brought us to Oberammergau for a week. We stayed in the cutest little wooden cottage - like the whole thing ceiling to floor and including flowering window boxes was made out of wood! Totally picturesque like you've read about in Brothers Grimm fairy tales. Aromatic town bakery. Absolutely enchanting.