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| 3 mile walk along the river |
When I was working it took a few days to slow down on a vacation, now that I am retired, it takes a few days to speed up! We have two days here, and tomorrow is predicted to be a washout. So, we are going to do Innsbruck in a day. First a walk along the Inns (that’s the river, which is mostly glacial runoff). We are staying in one of the row houses along the river, with the Alps in the background.
The weather has gone from the low 50’s jacket weather to the high 70’s short sleeve weather during the course of the morning. So we need to adjust accordingly. We have tickets to go up to the top of the Nordkette in the afternoon, with temperatures in the high 40’s, so we have packed some cold weather gear.
Somehow, we find the “altstadt” (the old city), all pedestrian alleys with hundreds of restaurants. Most of them are “gasthauses” (street food) which apparently rhymes with ghastly in German (at least the hostess at our hotel made it sound that way, she was not a fan!)
The trip to the top of Nordkette required a cable car, two gondolas, and a 200’ climb. The trip down required a Pilsner beer and a Hugo (an elderflower drink).
Dinner, back in the Altstadt was celeriac schnitzel and spätzle. After so much sausage, vegetarian day was in order.
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| Happy 78th Birthday !!! |
Tomorrow…who knows?
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