Cross country

The weather was still pretty gloomy and the drop in temperature had dampened many peoples attitude on the bus, but I like it how Janos our 'tour director ' put it on arrival at our first stop. "Enjoy Salzburg, don't let the weather affect your mood." (it sounded better in a Hungarian accent) Enjoy it we did! The palace gardens were beautiful, littered with the most vibrant colours and the sun even crept out from the grey clouds to brighten our day. We walked up to Mozart's house and took some photos. On the top of the agenda was some mouthwatering apple strudel which I had been hunting for since my arrival in Austria. As recommended we ordered some outside Mozart's square... Tasty but I'm sure there may be one somewhere in the Alpine region that will tantalize the tastebuds even more!!

To Innsbruck we go! We stopped at the town centre and there we when to the Swarovski store - uh huh. Not a good idea Mr Tour Director. The original (massive) store was under renovations so we did the best we could with what we were given. I think most of us ladies walked out with a Swarovski bag. The free gift they offered tipped me over. I bought a gorgeous gold plated, crystal filled circular balled ring. The free gift was a bag tag with a little Swarovski crystal - that'll do. :P

City centre of Innsbruck

I had suffered a mild case of cabin fever and needed to go for a walk. Our hotel was right along the Inns river so I convinced Nadine on an evening stroll. A 30 min walked turned into an hour and a half. We kind of got lost when we crossed over the bridge, anticipating to cross the bridge closer to our hotel! Uh oh Nadine, that's a bridge for trains!! And the footpath we were walking along no longer stayed along the river. After a few left, right, right turns, an encounter with an Austrian band and people of the night we found a bridge that placed us a mere 100 metres from the hotel. I certainly slept well that night.

The Inn River by night