Friday 26 August - Innsbruck (by Sue)
A very hazy
morning at Camping Dolomiti saw us packing up for good, and by 9 am we were on the road, with Ken and Helen, to Innsbruck.
High cloud built quickly and obscured views as we traveled north, in slow traffic,
to the motorway. Stops for petrol and a coffee / cake break in the cafe with a
conservatory that we'd visited previously.
Successfully
crossed the Brenner pass and booked a hotel in
Hottinger Gasse using an information centre on the outskirts of the city. By
12:30 we were installed in our room for 4, finding places to dry the tent
outers, and making lunch.
Whilst Martin
and I found a park (with a resident drunk that forced me to move benches) to
dry the tent inners, Ken and Helen strolled around the old town. We met at 3 pm
under the golden roof, and had tea outside a small cafe.
We visited the Dom
St Jakob with its painted ceilings, extensive stucco, and gold leaf on the
organ and altar. Ornate bronze columns, with vines and birds, held up more
bronzes above.
Then we climbed
up the 148 steps of the old tower to see Innsbruck
from above - green and red roofs and domes, the ski jump and the mountains,
cloud hanging, obscuring the tops.
We waited for
Andrew to arrive, after his train journey from Chur to Innsbruck
(via Munich due
to the storms washing out the railway line), over a beer under an umbrella.
Enjoyed a nice dinner (three of us had venison, potato croquettes, red cabbage,
apple and redcurrant jelly - yum), then headed back to the Hotel Tautermann for
showers and packing ready for an early start. I finished 'Harry Potter and the
Half-Blood Prince' - a good read.
Next Day
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