Austria 2012

Today was gray and foggy, it was decreed to be a "free" day and we opted to go to Innsbruck. We got the 8:30a bus which in an hour took us direct to the main Innsbruck train station.

We first spent a few minutes acquainting ourselves with the train station. 1) to find out where to catch the train/trolley we would take back to the Stubai valley and 2) to find out where and when on Saturday we would get the train to Bolzano, Italy. 1. was easy but 2. turned out to be somewhat complicated. Apparently this summer they are rebuilding the main train line between Innsbruck and the Brenner Pass at the Italian border and NO trains are running. Instead they have a substitute bus service which runs on the same schedule as the trains!

The main street.	Triumphforte (gate).
Goldenes dachle (golden roof)
Holblinghaus (15th century)	Street with city tower with clock in the distance.
A store was selling "cakes" made out of gummi bears!
Dom St. Jakob
Hofburg, the court palace.
Hofgarden, the court garden.
Hofkirche, the court church (1553-1563).	Mausoleum for Maximilian I guarded by large statues, but he isn't buried here.
We thought that the statues looked like something out of Harry Potter.
Adjacent to the Hofkirche is the Tiroler Volkskunstmuseum (folk art museum). One exhibit was of nativity models.	There also were several old house interiors from the 17th and 18th centuries.
To return to Neustift we took a trolley to Fulpmes and then a bus, a journey of almost 3 hours.	From the trolley we had a view of the Serlesbahn and the Alpine Slide.