Sailer Innsbruck

Again it was snowing when we woke up but again it wasn't sticking although it was still on the trees at the Alpine Zoo which we went to in the morning. This was Tara’s choice as usual. Greg's favourite was the brown bear which was lying with its head on its paws on a log, probably contemplating whether it was time to hibernate. My favourite was the lynx which was high up in a tree. By the ...

Woke up to Greg saying that it was snowing- what I thought was rain on the forecast had eventuated as snow- to Tara's disappointment, it wasn’t sticking so she couldn’t play in it. After breakfast in the hotel we walked across the bridge to the old city to what is the biggest attraction in Innsbruck, the Golden Roof and the Golden Roof Museum. This building was built by Frederick IV in 1420 as the residence of the Tyrolean sovereigns ...

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 ...

We got on a train in Salzburg and headed two hours down the tracks towards Switzerland, but stopped off here for a three day stay. Innsbruck is smaller than Salzburg but still big enough to be called a capital. Its the capital of the Tyrol region, surrounded by mountains and the best ski runs in Austria. Everywhere you look up any street there are mountains at the end of it, whereas ...

When I was in Salzburg, I roomed with a girl who was staying in Salzburg for 3 full days which is too long in my opinion. She didn't seem to mind because it "was soooo pretty." Well, I'm convinced she's never been to Innsbruck. Salzburg is just on the edge of the Alps where as Innsbruck is right in the middle. It also has prettier architecture. Salzburg has some pretty buildings but any building that's not a church or palace is a bit dull. I arrived in ...

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 ...

... way many people today are wary and scared of Muslim people because of they way they have been portrayed by the media and through various political agendas. Another interesting fact we learned is that many modern-day companies (some very well known car ...

... Mercedes-Benz. After dragging ourselves several blocks to the car garage, we were stoked to find our silver Ford Fiesta waiting for us. Lets just talk about how cherry it was. A 2008 4-door hatchback with manual transmission and count 'em......one cup holder. This little honey was purring like a kitten after Shannon stalled it a couple times in traffic. Look out Bavaria, we were on the road and bound for Fussen after we figured out how to get out of the parking garage. We got lost ...

... room to myself. The hostel is a bit odd, being the shower room is a mini tub that you sit in, and that's the shower. Ha! I took pictures, yes I did. Fortunately I found one on the first floor that was a full stand up one, albeit with only half a door and no curtain. That night I slept like a baby!! So today, after finally waking up, I got going quickly and hiked back up to Hungerburg. I sat in the sun for about an hour and had a coffee at the Alpina Pension Cafe ...

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.