Innsbruck Sights and Food!

I spent the next two days with the Colorado girls, Ashley and Kaylie and we picked up Kaylie's boyfriend Patrick at the train station. We all got Innsbruck cards and found out about bobsledding. Because tourist bobsledding did not run on Sunday, the others with me were not able to go and I stayed an extra day in Innsbruck. On Sunday we went to Olympic Park and saw mass skiers and guys practicing on the bobsled track--Skeleton does not appeal to me--laying on your stomach and sliding down a hill with serious turns and high speed.

We walked through a forest to get to the Gondola to ride to the top of the mountain. It was a nice ride and a great view from the top. We could see all of Innsbruck and its surrounding small towns.

We enjoyed a local beer at the restaurant at the top and then headed back down the hill. We hopped on the sightseer bus and did one loop to see where we might want to go the next day. We also walked the streets of Innsbruck and looked in all the windows--everything is closed on Sundays here. Finally we decided to look for a place to eat dinner and agreed on a local restaurant. The waiter did not like us much, but the food was good. We ordered a dessert that a girl at the info center had recommended. We did not know what it was so when the goblet came with a jam/fruit mixture and one spoon, we were all surprised. We stared at it for a while and then decided to carefully share the spoon and eat it--it was expensive after all. The waiter did not come back for some time so we could ask his for more spoons. The locals looked at us strange, but what were we supposed to do??? When the waiter came back, he was carrying a plate with egglike/funnelcake time masses and four forks. We all burst into uncontrollable laughter for quite some time. We realized that the plum preserves were to go on top of this plate---lost in translation. Biggest laugh of my trip so far!



The next day we all went to the Swarvoski Crystal museum and it was interesting to say the least. I was tempted to buy some things, but held back because I knew I did not need any new jewelry and had no place in my luggage for souvenirs. After the bus brought us back to town I said good bye to them and they left for Venice! I went to Schlos Ambros and walked around a bit. There were a few Peacocks running around on the grounds. After finishing at the palace I headed back to the hostel to relax before bobsledding.