Hello!
Today I am continuing our German Holiday! It is exciting to do these posts because it feels like I am on vacation all over again, and that is fun for me, so I hope it is fun for you too! :)
Day 9
Innsbruck, Austria
We woke early to a wet and rainy day, but that wasn't going to stop us!
We wanted to do some hiking during the first half of the day. We purchased the Innsbruck city card which gave us all kinds of access to Innsbruck - free museums and attractions, all transportation, cable cars, etc. We took the Patscherkofel Cable Car to the top of Patscherkofel. From there we set off for a hike!
On top of the world! Not literally, but you know :).
It was drizzling a little bit.
Total time was about 3.5 hours. When we got to the very top it was 25 degrees and raining. We brought extra layers and thank goodness!
We went back to our Air BnB to warm up and change for dinner!
Views from our balcony.
Schnitzel was on the menu.
The center of town.
Snickers gelato. Two words - YUM!
The coolest mountain town. Safe to say I loved Innsbruck!
Day 10
Innsbruck, Austria
Hitting the town for day 2.
Did you know that Innsbruck hosted the Winter Olympics? Twice in fact! Once in 1976 and once in 1964. Well in 2001 they built a new facility for the ski jump. The Bergisel Ski Jump in Innsbruck is a FIS Ski Jumping World Cup site and also a year-round training center. So we decided to pay it a visit! When it isn't snowing they have these little brush things that the ski jumpers land on. There were people jumping too - so that was fun!
If you look really close you can see a jumper! The goal is to reach the red line.
We made our way to the top and saw some great city views.
The golden roof!
We found the brewery and tasted some Innsbruck beer. We didn't have much of a plan - we just wanted to mosey!
Day 11
Drive to Munich, Germany.
We headed back to Germany (Munich) because OKTOBERFEST, but we wanted to make the most of our drive. So we went a little bit out of the way (not much) and headed to tour The Neuschwanstein Castle.
The Neuschwanstein Castle was home to King Ludwig II. 7 weeks after his death it was opened to the public. Today it is one of the most popular of all the palaces and castles in Europe. We visited on a rainy day and the line was still incredibly long. Pay extra and book your tickets online - worth it!
Beautiful. It is also on the cover of our Rick Steve's Book - so you know it was going to be good. We followed Steve's tips for visiting and we found them all perfect!
Mary's Bridge - how you get the best view of the castle! I spent all of about 37 seconds on the bridge. Why you ask? It's so beautiful you say. Well it's a wooden bridge and it was raining and slippery and wet. And there were tons of people and I could feel the wooden bits moving and I wasn't a fan.
After the castle we drove to our Air BnB in Munich. Since it was raining and nasty out we decided against two days of Oktoberfest. Day 12 is all Oktoberfest. :)
Join me tomorrow to read all about it!
