EuroTripping: Innsbruck in two days...

...and I would think that if you weren´t into extreme sport of any kind you wouldn´t need anymore than two days in Innsbruck. We had two full days and managed to experience pretty much the whole town. It´s quite small, but it´s beauty lies in the surrounding villages and massive mountains.

We didn´t know too much of Innsbruck and we only really decided to go there because we didn´t want to leave Austria too soon. We probably could have stayed longer in Salzburg but we´ll know better when we come back here in the winter time! And as it turned out we really liked Innsbruck - we´ve come to the realisation that we prefer the smaller towns and Innsbruck would be the smallest town out of Salzburg and Vienna.

You pretty much can´t go anywhere in Innsbruck without being confronted by mountain ranges and it´s gorgeous. Really makes you feel so small in comparison though. And it was probably about this time that we realised that Mount Cootha is no mountain when it comes to the ones in Innsbruck! Most had a bit of snow on the top but we can imagine how fantastic they must look in winter. And apparently Innsbruck is a bit of a hot spot when it comes to skiing. Maybe we´ll have to give it a go...

What we did do on our two days was go for a bit of hike. We weren´t planning on that at first, we were planning on taking a fernicular half way up a mountain and then catch the cable car from there to the top for some views. But when we got to the fernicular stop we discovered that even though it was on the map it construction hadn´t yet been finished! So we thought, stuff it, we´ll go for a wee walk, doesn´t look that far. Well it was, it was about 1km and in the general direction of up. Gosh!

But we enjoyed it after we´d cooled down and had about 2 litres of water (cause we hadn´t packed water for our fernicular ride, had we?!). The cable car ride definitely proved to be worth it. I´m a little bit nervous on them, but it was quite smooth. At the top, the views were spectacular and looking down we could see lots of moutain bike paths - this lead Matt to thinking about hiring a bike and going down the mountain! Crazy stuff! But he didn´t end up doing that, mostly because it just wouldn´t have been safe by himself - as if I´d go!! There were also para-gliders but again, I just couldn´t bring myself to do it cause it just scares me!

We also hired bikes and rode about 30 km to see some surrounding villages. And again, just like Vienna because the bike tracks are so smooth and flat it´s very enjoyable. And it was great because we rode along the River Inn which looked like you could drink from it, so crystal blue. Everyone seems to use the bike tracks as well, lots of joggers, cyclists, and rollerbladers.