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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 ...
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 ...
Forest thaw
... 3 miles uphill is no mean feat and all of us arrived at the mountain farm station in good spirits and not too clapped out. The descent could have proved to be more than challenging, pretty much direct downhill through the forest, but the forest cover meant there was no ice to worry us and the descent was easy. We reached the valley bottom, lakeside, after stunning alpine views all the way down.
The ...
Nordic Walking
... into the village centre to find out if the local tourist office could offer suitable local attractions. Late October is the end of the summer season and the winter season is some weeks away still despite the early arrival of unseasonable winter weather. At the tourist office we were welcomed by a Scottish lady, married to an Austrian, who explained that last week had seen a wedding at the town church where those attending had basked in 26 degrees ...