Tuesday, August 7, 2012

As advertised this morn was a  funicular morn, however, not before another attempt at finding a real cup of  koffee. This time at the backerei next door; another oh dang, the same machine, undaunted I took the syrup to the room and added hot water - not bad. After properly adorning ourselves with hiking foot ware and warm clothes, and day packs filled with food we departed traveling through old town, along the Imperial Garden to the funicular terminal which oh by the way looks like a banana shaped ice cube (You really should google Nordkette Innsbruck to see for yourself, the town is quite proud of it). Also worthy of note is that the ticket lady questioned whether I was really a senior:) The funicular ride was short, spent a good deal of time underground, and also gained a good deal of elevation. Next came 2 cable cars, both gaining significant altitude delivering us up over 6,000 ft. Well above the clouds. We wandered a bit in the cold-up to the highest point as ole rubber legs was somewhat improved, tried again for real koffee, then went down to the second station to find the source of the clanging bells - dairy cows, perhaps two dozen chewing their cud and ringing their bells; a might friendly, coming up to say hi as we walked by. The views were all first rate though partially obscured by the clouds. Then back to old town to look at old stuff. A nice finish for our last full day in Innsbruck. Photos to come as soon as our old brains can figure out how to attach them!

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  1. I am becoming exhausted just reading this! Sounds as though you both are having a cracking time and I'm eager to see the pics when you get it all figured out. Got a package from/for you today from Austria :)

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