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Blogs from Innsbruck, Tyrol, Austria, Europe - page 9
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May 22nd 2008
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
April 21st 2008
Hello Family and Friends: I have moved locations to: ktausz.weebly.com This site is more customizable and hopefully you will enjoy it better too! Bye for now! Kathy... read more
March 13th 2008
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
March 7th 2008
Hello everyone!! We have been in Austria not quite a week and we have already seen so much and learned so much! We have learned: -Innsbruck got its name because of the bridge (bruck) that crosses the Inn River. Our residence is right beside this river and we walk along it to get to school. -The old town of innsbruck was built mostly in the 15th century as a rest stop for travellers as the went through the Alps on their way from Germany to Italy. They had to cross the Inn river and used the bridge to so. -After trying to speak slowly and clearly to exchange students all day, one starts to speak in broken english to canadian counterparts as well! Examples: Kathy says to Jenna "We will eat now?" or we ask the ... read more
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February 18th 2008
From Munich we went on to Innsbruck, this was a lovely city and had a pretty great view from the town centre. There we saw the Royal Palace and Immperial Church, we saw the Golden roof at sunset and it was very pretty. We then went to the Swarovski Crystal place and had tour, thats where i spent a lot of euro, but as I went to pay I spoke in German and the cashier thought I WAS German and asked me where in Germany I was from, so I thought that was pretty great. We then did some more exploring and then went to the hotel for the night, we went down to the bar and tried some of the local Farmers Schnaps, and it burnt my throat on the way down. Then tried some ... read more
January 1st 2008
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
Wishing you a Merry and a Jolly....
Published: December 23rd 2007Europe » Austria » Tyrol » Innsbruck
December 25th 2007
Hia All Here's wishing you all a Joyous Christmas and an even better New Year - hope all your dreams come true! We have made it into Austria from Italy(more on that on a later blog). We are here for that elusive White Christmas and will be spending Christmas morning on the ski slopes so we are guaranteed one! See you all next year. All the best. Rob and Wends ... read more
December 24th 2007
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
It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas...
Published: November 26th 2007Europe » Austria » Tyrol » InnsbruckNovember 26th 2007
Today I went to my first Christmas market! It was fun, but it was really, really cold. A cold that actually just settled into my bones and it was snowing so it was blowing into my face the entire time. I feel like my toes are just thawing out. But Innsbruck is a really pretty city, but basically just a lot of shopping. So the Christmas market is basically just crafts, food, and your basic market "junk". But I did have "chestnuts roasted on an open fire" which were actually really delicious! I went with my roommate and another girl so we just kinda shopped around all day. It really started to put me in the mood for Christmas! There were lights up all over the city. The train ride into the city was beautiful. ... read more
