Germany Day 8 (Innsbruck, Austria)

Driving from Garmisch, Germany to Innsbruck.

On the road.

Family Picture.

Innsbruck.

Innsbruck

The way to ice skate, Cameron outside skating, us inside drinking and keeping warm.

Christmas Market, Innsbruck

Today we left Garmisch and the military hotel. I was a little anxious about leaving because Cameron still wasn't totally feeling better, but we figured we would be driving and he could sleep in the car. A little Tylenol and away we went. We drove through the Alps and ended up in Innsbruck. This is a beautiful old city. The home of the 1964 Winter Olympics. We were just planning on stopping here then going on, but Anne loved the city so much we decided to stay. We talked to the people at the Info Center and they gave us some hints, the biggest was if they help book a room it will cost us more because of the fee paid to the Info center. So we decided to walk the city. Anne's friend (Thank you Edith) told us about "Zimmer Frei" which is room for rent. This could be a hotel, motel, Gasthof (motel with restaurant), pension (boarding house), or just a room in someone's house. We walked along the old part of town and inquired about rooms at many places and since Innsbruck's Christmas market was going on in the old part of downtown we decided to spend a couple euro extra and stay right there. Our room looked down right onto the Christmas market. Mozart stayed in our hotel with his father on a trip to Italy. Innsbruck is a fascinating city and I suggest every go there. I wish Cameron was feeling better because we were thinking about him trying to ski. We saw some of the places that were constructed for the Olympics and still in use for training and competition, but didn't go in. We had already been to the top of the the Zugspitz and well the Alps are the Alps haha especially when you are on a budget. We saw the ski jump ramp and that reminded us of going to the top of one when we were in Nagano, Japan. I could go on writing about the architecture of the city, which I loved, and everything else in Innsbruck, but I won't. Best to say it is a beautiful city in the snow, but I am sure it is GREAT in the spring/summer too. The Christmas market was great even though it was VERY cold. We drank "Gluhwein" which is hot, mulled wine and boy it was good especially when you are that cold. It was a wonderful experience.