Blogs from Tyrol, Austria, Europe - page 37

So today we woke up from our hostel in Munich and decided to take a day trip to Austria. We had to check out of the hostel, but left our stuff in the lockers there and headed for the train station. We had full intentions of finding a lake somewhere in Austria and just lay and relax all day. So we got on our swimsuits, boarded a train at 9:30 am and headed for Kitzbuhel, right between Innsbruck and Salzburg, I heard it was kind of a resort town. After 2 hours we made it to our connecting station and jumped off only to find snow and weather that looked like it might rain. Here we are in our shorts and swimsuits (Munich was more promising than this was) so we bagged the lake idea, and ... read more

Very eventful day. I will try my best to do this from memory, bit my totals will be way off. I woke up this morning as late as I could, but my eyes were not any better. They were watering all night long. Today is rafting, so I didn’t really bother getting too ready this morning. Breakfast was like everyday—just bread and jam. I discovered this morning that my Dramamine is gone. That’s bad! I couldn’t take any before our long ride out of Switzerland. I did get to sit in the front seat, but that meant the sun was in my eyes, which were already in enough pain. Switzerland was so perfect. I hope I can come back one day. It’s just so expensive, so it will have to be after I’m rich. I heard ... read more

Innsbruck Innondation Ski caravanning!!! Love it! Camping but with a caravan in the snow. We had just got settled into our cosy camp and JP was happily making the tea when I discovered that there was a leak by the window which was letting melting snow enter and flood the bed! Luckily the discovery was made early enough for JP to go and tell the hippy camp man so that we could change caravans. The upside of the change was that I got to settle in a second time (which meant, incidently, another cup of tea) the downside was that JP had to get out the spade and dig a path in the snow to the caravan and to the main path! Maybe my man was made for Alaska after all.... read more

18th October 2005 Innsbruck, Austria. Day 7 We travelled through the mountainous terrain of Austria at something of a brisk trot, playing those horrid Sound of Music songs (as the movie was, obviously, placed in Austria) all the way and stopping for barely more than an hour in Innsbruck. There we obediantly took photos of their Olympic Ski Jump and Goldenes Dachl, or Golden Roof, a balcony from which Emperor Maximilian I of the 1500's would watch tournaments and dancing in the city square below. Afterwards, left with a brief opportunity of time to sightsee, we wandered along the main streets, and then through the tourist shops looking for postcards and souvenirs of a country that we'd not really even seen before trundling back to the bus. A few hours later, we were in Germany. ... read more

Had an awesome time at Oktoberfest ! Can't wait to go back tomorrow ! Nelson and I caught the train up to Munchen, it only took an hour from Worgl. We wandered down to Marianplatz and watched the Glockenspiel, then went shopping. I'd forgotten how good the shopping is in Munich, so many more shops than just H&M at M4 that we're used to. I managed to track down the Birkenstock shop Amanda took us to when we were there on tour, and found heaps of new Birkies I'm going to get when I go back. We made it to the festival grounds by one, and it was so cool to see. It's like the easter show, wonderland and dreamworld all rolled into one, but even bigger. There's so many cool rides i can't wait to ... read more