After the rafting, I still felt cold. I could feel it in my bones, even though the day was quite warm.
We stopped in the town of Innsbruck where the river Inn presumably flows. It is famous for several things.
First fame was a gold plated roof over a balcony which was rather boring.
Second was the cut glass of Swarovski. My god, crystals everywhere. We had cards that would give us a free gift if we bought something. I looked and couldn’t find anything. I wanted to use it. Ideally I would have gone for the piles of crystals they used as decor for the cash registers. Not for sale. I could have gotten a cheap pencil with a colored crystal instead of an eraser. Then someone showed me the ideal thing. Something I actually wanted, not just tolerated.
Third is schnapps. I got a bottle. It continues my tradition of a sample of a region’s specialty alcohol on each vacation.
Fourth, Sachertorte cake and apple strudel. I went to a cafe and got them. The cake wasn’t that much better than garden variety cake. Maybe a bit richer.
There was also a tower that was a tourist attraction. 148 steps. I couldn’t find it and went four blocks in the wrong direction before returning to the meeting place under the gold roofed balcony. Which was also where the tower actually was. The tour guide has been looking for an excuse to abandon me so eight minutes was not a lot of time to tour it. I still did. Pay the entry, sprint up the steps, (I needed exercise after all the sugar from fame number four) take a few pictures and back down.
I didn’t even get to enjoy the view.