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Innsbruck
... attraction at Innsbruck is the Golden Roof. The roof of a building is foiled with gold and is a nice backdrop to the huge lit-up Christmas tree in the centre of town. Both needing a new pair of pants, we ducked into the local H&M and spent around €20 each on a pair. With the shopping done, we noticed lots of young people walking into a make-shift bar selling this hot punch for €2 each. We decided to check it ...
Christmas Markets!
... Makes a change to NZ slopes that are mostly freezing. Got some really good pictures of the mountains along with some nice cheesy ones of us too :)
Also half way up the mountain was an alpine zoo. Never been to one of those, so we decided to check it out. Housed all sorts of cool animals, our favourite being the bear that continued to dig a great big hole and show off to the on lookers, he was pretty cool.
They have an ice rink in the middle of the city and we happen to ...
Any pass will do
... other hand I could head back over the Giau pass and continue over other passes towards the motorway North.
In the end I decided on the 2nd option as it was more in the right direction towards my long journey home to Scotland and at least I knew the pass was open.
The Giau pass is perhaps my most favorite pass in the Alps and so going over it for a 2nd time in two days I did not mind. One thing however I wanted to get right once ...
Bridge on the River Inn
... A gentle drive down the valley into Jenbach and then the motorway into Innsbruck. We dropped Helen and Steph off on the fringes of the Old Town and navigated out of the city to the airport. The hire car drop-off went smoothly; no-one there in fact. Back into the city onnthe airport transfer bus as far as the main railway station where we had arranged to meet our significant others. Lunch in a pizzeria. ...
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 ...