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Der Boss kommt - Bruce Springsteen Down Under!
In den tour-freien U2-Jahren muss man auf Alternativen ausweichen.
Seit Tagen/Wochen wurde drüber spekuliert und seit heute steht fest: BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN spielt ab Mitte März 4 Konzerte (Zeit genug für mehr wäre vorhanden) in Australien.
Stationen sind Brisbane, Sydney, Victoria und Melbourne:
14.03.13 Brisbane, Entertainment Centre
18.03.13 Sydney, Allphones Arena
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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!
... to do most things during our short trip which was awesome, and we both really enjoyed ourselves. Would love to come back when the slopes are covered in snow and spend a week snowboarding the alps, now that would be awesome!
Our Austria adventure has come to an end for now...but never say never, this was the third time we have stopped in this beautiful country, and we were only going to visit Vienna! Time to move onto Switzerland...the land of expense (so I'm told) and check out ...
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 ...
Innsbruck
... side by life size statues of people that the emperor admired, including King Arthur. Not a very humble emperor, he also included a statue of himself. The tomb itself is about 3 meters high, by 2 meters wide by about 7-8 meters long. It is made mostly out of marble and inlaid with intricate carvings of scenes from the emperor’s life. The iron grill work surrounding the tomb is really impressive, too.
Once we ...