Blogs from Tyrol, Austria, Europe - page 38

This morning I woke up feeling all refreshed after my first real good night sleep of the trip so far. We made our way back over to Munich's city center this morning for a little more sightseeing and shopping. It was still sporadically raining when we arrived in the city. It was not even 10 o'clock and the area around the Marienplatz was already buzzing with activity. Today was the first day of Oktoberfest and we watched part of the parade march through the square. There were bands marching and wagons all decorated while being pulled by horses. People in the wagons were dressed in traditional German attire while drinking beer from their steins, and it was only 10am. One of the wagons was even playing La Bamba, how typically German. After we bored of ... read more

The songs we have suuunnnng... for a thousand yeeeeearsssss... Austria. What a nice way to spend our lunch hour before going on to Italy. We went off searching for the famous Sachertorte - a really nice chocolate cake with a jam layer and real chocolate icing. It was yummy and really good with coffee. We went to the Schnaps store and we tried a whole bunch of Schnaps, all different fruity flavours, caramel, coffee. You can even pick your own bottle and get it filled with Schnaps of your choice, heat sealed and everything. Really pretty, makes for a good souvenir. I bought myself some loose tea, specific to the region of Tirol, which has some nice fruity and flowery notes to it. Time to go already, next stop - Venice, Italy. -Nelly and Maciek... read more

A lot has happened since my last update. We finished up in Berlin by picking up our car. Kelvin is having a great time on their Autobahn's. Our VW Passat we were supposed to rent turned into a very sporty SAAB station wagon. The minimum 130 km/hr speed limit was quite a new phenomenon and took a little while to get used to but once we did, whew we get around very quickly. The Lord also blessed us with a GPS navigation system on board. Considering our German isn't much better than when we started, this is a huge help. We figured out how to get it to speak English and now we feel very capable to go anywhere. From our apartment in Berlin we drove straight to the Potsdam Sansoucci Palace. We took a quick ... read more

another gorgeous place - what can i say. this is a skiing region in winter, so now it's a hiking/bike riding area. lots of mountains and trees and countryside. very quaint little village. i got here a couple of days ago and really haven't done all that much. i was meant to go paragliding yesterday but the weather turned on me :( so i'll go another day. they have bunjy trampolines here. they're so much fun, very tiring though. you get harnessed in and then you can jump really high. i wasn't able to do somersaults though because i'm so unco!!! it was so much fun though. the place i'm staying in is really cool. it's an australian pub with rooms above and we have our own little apartment area. i have a single room!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! an ... read more

15th December 2005. While we didn't see very much at all in Innsbruck, the bus ride there had to be the most fun. BECAUSE. THE SOUND OF MUSIC, PEOPLE. When we entered Austria, the tour director played "the most famous song from Austria". Actually it's a song from Hollywood, set in Austria, and thus becomes the most famous song associated with Austria. Edelweiss. And thus, everybody on the bus started singing Edelweiss. AND THEN! CUCKOO! CUCKOO! It's the yodelling song! And thus the whole bus started going, ODELAYEEODELAYHEEEHOOO! High on a hill was a lonely goatherd ODELAYEEODELAYHEEEHOOO! Loud was the voice of the lonely goatherd ODELAYEEODELAYHEEEHOOO! Yes, the Australians are a funny bunch. I think on our way into Austria, we stopped at some gas station, and SNOW! There was SNOW! Fresh snow which was so ... read more