Blogs from Innsbruck, Tyrol, Austria, Europe - page 12

Hello one and all, moved over to Innsbruck on Tuesday. Great train ride, very comfortable :) Today is Thursday 22 May, just using a little spare time I have before I catch a bus to another attraction! Arrived at my hotel and I told Amy that I am competing with her tiny room at the backpackers in Hamilton she uses when on her Vet Nursing block courses! The tiny room happened to be at the front of the hotel which in Aldstadt and the buildings are about 20m apart. I was on the 5th floor and didn't have a good sleep as voices travel up and echo into my room all night and I mean alllllll night! Just when night revellers had all gone home, I was woken at 5.30am by the "street" (really it is ... read more

ABSCHIEDSFEIERN in Tirol und Wels !! :o( Hallo Freunde! Wir möchten uns noch einmal bei euch für die netten letzten Abende und natürlich auch Tage bedanken! Wir hatten jede Menge Spaß und hoffen, daß wir uns in einem Jahr bei unserer "Ankommensfeiern" wieder sehen. Damit ihr unsere Route: Süd-Amerika (Chile, Argentinien, Bolivien, Peru, Ecuador), Südsee, Neuseeland, Australien und S-O-Asien mitverfolgen könnt, haben wir diese Seite eingerichtet. Wir hoffen wir können euch mit kleinen oder großen Abenteuer - Geschichten dienen :-) So, dann werden wir heute unsere vier Rucksäckchen packen ... samt Beautycase und "Schnapsbeutelchen" :-)))) Wir werden euch alle sehr vermissen! Hoffen auf jede Menge "Post" von euch, damit wir auch von der Heimat jede Menge NEWS erfahren! Ganz Liebe Grüße Dickes Bussi Irina und Andi ... read more

14 de marzo de 2004 The English version is below Aunque hoy me marcho a Austria, vuelvo a dormir a Munich. Las conexiones de Munich con Innsbruck, en el tirol austriaco, son tan buenas, que no me he podido resistir. Innsbruck significa "puente en el Inn", y como tal, existe desde 1180. Creció como puesto comercial junto a un puente en una de las rutas más importantes que comunicaba y aún comunica el norte y sur de Europa: la del paso del Brennero. Es el paso de más fácil acceso en todos los Alpes, así que desde antaño tuvo mucha importancia. Comunicaba Italia con la plata del Tirol y Alemania y hoy en día está en la frontera de Tirol con Südtirol=Alto Adige, provincia italiana sólo desde la primera guerra mundial. Innsbruck es la capital de ... read more

Our flight out on Sunday was cancelled thanks to the fog at Heathrow and we spent the night at the lovely Sheraton Skyline, right across from the runway. While annoyed that our trip was about 18 hours behind schedule, the Heathrow hotel had the Pats game on satellite, which was a nice bonus. When we went back to the airport on Monday morning, it was total chaos...thousands of people everywhere, many of them slept there overnight...we were lucky to check in in time and make it through to the gate. Our flight had only minor delays, but thankfully we made it to Munich airport by 11:00 am. After picking up our rental car (Evan had a lot of fun with an Audi on the Autobahn) we got to Innsbruck mid-afternoon on Christmas eve, and spent a ... read more

Well it has been a while since the last entry and even since we were in Innsbruck. I will try to remember all the events to date and if I miss anything I'm sure one of the boys will fill me in. After 10 days in the Munich area we headed back to Austria and stayed in a very cramped room in our hostel. It was no bigger than a broom closet. Ev and I decided to hike along one of the mountains so we left Shaun and Finno behind and caught the cable car up to start our 4 hour journey. We started off walking along nice flat terrain but as there was a difference of about 500m altitude (made that up) we knew we had some climbing to do either there on on the ... read more