Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Innsbruck, Austria is lovely

We only stayed overnite, but we had time to walk to the Old Innsbruck from our hotel. We had a traditional dinner at an old restaurant that was delicious and not overpriced. I had Venison Ragout with spaetzl and Eddie had Lamb Stew. We shared Apple Strudel for dessert. All yummy.
As our train was entering Innsbruck it was snowing. We haven't seen snow in 5 years. It did look beautiful though on the mountains that surround Innsbruck. Of course, with the snow comes cold weather and it was. We were prepared and actually enjoyed walking in the cold air.
I would love to visit Innsbruck again and explore the old section some more.
Due to a Eurorail train being stranded in the snow we were not able to catch a train to Venice from Innsbruck. We had to take a bus and then catch a train at the border, which took us to Verona where we got a train to Venice. The drive on the bus through the Alps was breathtaking. As we entered Italy we noticed miles of vineyards in the foothills and on flat land. We also saw lots of  apple orchards. All quite beautiful.
More to come on Venice.

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