Our day out in Innsbruck

Last Thursday we made the most of our bus card and took a trip to Innsbruck. It is a half hour journey by car but took I hour 20 minutes by bus. It wasn't too bad, at least the scenery was lovely all the way there!



Here I am in the square where the golden roof is (not sure of the name) and behind me in the background is the river that runs through the centre of Innsbruck. There are lots of great shops here, includung designer ones, it was difficult not to spend all my money! Luckily I resisted!


Leah and I decided to pose in front of the golden roof - you can just make it out in the background....

We had luch outside the Best Western hotel and I had a lovely farmers salad which included roast potatoes and bacon. Leah was mostly interested in my cucumber and tomato - and also her Granny's spaghetti Bolognese :o) That is her favourite.

Leah was also fascinated with the pigeons and followed them all over the place!

To finish, Richard's Mum ordered us all an apple strudel, but to be honest it looked better than it tasted! I don't really know what I expected - but this one was really stodgy in the middle with not that nuch taste. I was expecting to have more layers of pastry and to be a bit crisper. maybe I was too fussy!

The Stubai Glacier.....

On the Sunday we took the bus to the end of the valley, where there is a glacier, great for skiing and snowboarding.


Here we are just before getting the gondola to the glacier.....

...and here are me and Leah at mid station - her first steps on snow!!

We took the lift right to the top - approx 3200 metres and here is the view back down to midstation. It was lovely up there, it just made me want to get on my board!!

what a difference a few days makes.....

Here are the first few photos taken from our holiday and I just wanted to show the difference we had in weather during the week.


This is a picture of our hotel in Voldereau, Neustift, and as you can see it was lovely, sunny and warm....


...then Friday morning we woke to this! What a surprise! It was just a shame we didn't have the correct clothes or shoes for a snowy holiday as we would have loved to go for a walk in it!