Still snowing...

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We arrived in Innsbruck last night. Unfortunately the internet coverage isn't great, so no videos for awhile. We were a bit nervous coming to Innsbruck as the weather forecast called for rain today, however since we got on the train at 4pm last night it hasn't stopped snowing! There's been something like 7-10" in the last day. The trees have big blobs of snow on their branches. It looks like a winter wonderland!

We explored the altstadt (old city) today stopping at the market hall and a few coffeeshops to warm up and shake the snow off. The coffees, hot chocolate and apple strudal were great, but my favourite is the delicious soup everywhere. Food is one of the three things Austrians must really enjoy based on the stores we came across. The other 2 are jewellery and lingerie! Every 4th store has mannequins sporting some lacy brassiere.

The other thing we've heard everywhere (almost non stop) since we got to Austria are firecrackers/fireworks. We saw a sign today promoting their use by kids (gut fuer kinder)

I've attached a photo from our bedroom window that overlooks Innsbruck.

Aufwiedersehen,

Steph and Brad

ps. We are very sore from skate skiing yesterday but are excited to go downhill skiing tomorrow at Axamer Lizum.

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