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Europe » Austria » Tyrol » Innsbruck October 12th 2006

As you can see from the title, we are back in Austria again. Left Germany (Munich) this morning and caught the fast train down to Innsbruck. We had a bit of a hiccup in our travel plans last night when we tried to book a place to stay in Lucerne, Switzerland. We were up til late on the net and ringing around but couldnt find any vacancies there. So, we decided to backtrack a bit down here to Innsbruck. Glad we did, the railway down from Munich was absolutely fantastic. We thought we had seen it all on our trip from Salzburg to Zell-am-See, but today surpassed that. Today the "Wow" factor set in well and truly, oohs and aahs as we moved from one side of the carriage to the other. (Might add here that ... read more
Farm from train
Outskirts of Innsbruck
Our B & B

Europe » Austria » Tyrol September 29th 2006

Laurie didn't make it to bike riding along with a few others. Surprise, surprise. After everyone picked up their bikes we headed off on the wrong side of the road for the start of our 4 hour, 25km, mountain bike adventure. Started off nice and easy we were just soaking up the scenery. Then they told us this was only the beginning and we now had the mountain to climb. We both did alright getting to the top. Krista only stopped and walked for the last 100 metres or so. Some of the other girls walked almost the whole way up. Kev only stopped once to take a photo. From then on it was easy downhill, through the small villages with cows with bells around their necks. We had a nice lunch in the Alps and ... read more
The view from the top of Hopfgarten

Europe » Austria » Tyrol September 23rd 2006

Continued from last entry... We went to Austria the next dayand it was Shaun's bday so at dinner they brought out a ice cream in a big winde glass with a sparkler and an "injection" for a drink. That night Shaun came to the bar in the bottom bit of the hotel for a little bit then went back up to the room and slept. They had a deal down in the bar that was 6 shots for $10. Oops, 10 euros. So I got that to start which is probably the reason I got drunk and started buying drinks like it was going out of style. We met these Austrian kids that were getting drunk as well. One of them was 14! The older one asked me to kiss him on the cheek and when ... read more

Europe » Austria » Tyrol » Innsbruck September 22nd 2006

Hi all, Once again I know its been a while but the time we are getting on the net is very limited. Last time I wrote I was Barcelona. Another great spot. It's a pretty dodgy area and a few people in our group had items stolen. Apart from that it's a very nice. We went to a Spanish dance night. It was loads of fun but for the second time in a matter of days I was called on stage and had to do a 30 second dance with a nice Spanish lady. It was a great laugh but as I got off the MC told me, 'never again'. I dealt with that by going to my table and having some Sangria. We followed by attending a bar in Barcelona. I think Barcelona has the ... read more

Europe » Austria » Tyrol September 18th 2006

Prague was pretty but a little daunting. Not sure if it was because it is formly part of the Eastern European Block or if it was because of the dodgy suburb we stayed in but even the guys from the tour were a little wary. Danny (who we have nicknamed Big Brother) made sure we all caught the public transport together & that everyone knew where they were going. It was beautiful, seeing the palace, the old town centre & of course the amazing Charles Bridge. Got a bit ripped off for lunch though. Paid €38 for lunch. Had a Thai salad, chips & 2 beers. I must remember to look at the menu before going into these places. They don't use the euro here so the exchange had everyone confused. Although, I did go to ... read more

Europe » Austria » Tyrol » Innsbruck August 23rd 2006

First and foremost i must announce...... PASSPORT HAS BEEN FOUND!! yay!! oh and i finally have a normal keyboard again!! what a hairy morning yesterday tho. actually quite funny now. i was updating the blog and carls came and found me and said that she found a canadian consulate right there in munich. sweet. so we took off for tourist info up the street to find out where it was. you wont even believe this.... it was RIGHT NEXT DOOR to the internet place. how funny is that. like literally the very next door down from the internet place. hahaha. so we went up and explained what happened and they told us what we would have to do. next stop was zie german police station (which luckily also happened to be just a block up the ... read more
Becs and I
Action Shot!
Pimps and hoes party

Europe » Austria » Tyrol » Innsbruck August 22nd 2006

Nor Vienna or Salzburg. Halfway though my European Tour, I’m starting to realize my budget tour, does not take in many major cities in many of the countries to be visited. For example, Austria will cover Innsbruck, but not Vienna or Salzburg, Italy to cover Verona and Venice, but not Rome, Florence, Milan and Pisa and Switzerland to cover Lucerne, but not Geneva and Zurich. At least Paris will be covered in France, though. Being from an island in the middle of the Pacific, I sort of assume, being in a country would automatically cover all major cities, not taking into account, it takes more than a couple of hours to get from one city to another, like it would on an island. Well, I really have no one to blame but myself for not studying ... read more
Ornate Painted Bldg.
A Church.
A Rural Town, Austria.

Europe » Austria » Tyrol » Innsbruck August 21st 2006

Well the count down to coming home is on. Everyone is making the best of the last couple days and snapping pictures like crazy. last you guys heard i was in romania and since then i have been to hungary, germany and austria. Hungary was a quick stop but beautiful. They call it the Paris of the east and they light up there most beautiful buildings at night just like paris. We spent the day wandering around looking at monuments and a museum called the Terror museum which so far has been my favourite. Its all about the occupation of hungary by the nazi and the soviets so it was very intense. At night we did a group dinner. It was a dinner cruise on a big boat going past all the major attractions. The food ... read more

Europe » Austria » Tyrol » Wilder Kaiser August 21st 2006

Samen met Anne ben ik een week in de zomer geweest waar wij altijd in de winter heen gaan. Daar hebben we verschillende kut-leuke tochten gemaakt....... read more
Daar gaan we heen!
Het pad
Nog maar eens stukje

Europe » Austria » Tyrol August 21st 2006

Monday 21st August Left site and travelled up western side of the lake. This ... read more




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