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Stage 15 - Innsbruck - Austria - 17th October to 18th
It wasn’t far in distance from my campsite to Innsbruck, but I can only assume there was a major accident on the motorway because on the inside lane there were miles of lorries, and on the outside it wasn’t moving too quickly either (the practice in Austria is to leave the middle lane open for emergency vehicles).
My Google Maps took me off the motorway, but unfortunately so did a high proportion of other vehicles. Only 7km to Innsbruck centre but it was very slow…I nearly bailed at one point…but finally made a car park right in the centre.
A quick pint, and advice from the waitress on what I could do in three hours….so off I went, checking out the old town, river area, but failed in finding the train to a high viewpoint…I didn’t try very hard. Yes, it was very nice, I do find architecture interesting but at the same time, I’m always looking and prioritising the mountain skyline (which was a tremendous surround of the city).
Innsbruck is the capital of Tyrol and is on the River Inn, a tributary of the Danube.
So that was it! 😎
I’d got a hotel, just a few kilometres out of town, I didn’t want to freeze again for a second night….and England were playing Italy in footy, and thought it be nice to watch in comfort. (for ref : €53).
The car park perhaps not surprisingly had several campervans, owned no doubt by others who tried to sleep that previous night in sub zero temperatures ! In fact it was confirmed by one, a Swiss snowboarder guy at reception…who couldn’t believe I’d been in a tent! He also thought that at the weekend there could be snow, and was alarmed I didn’t have “Winter tyres!”.
England won 3-1 👏😊 (but Southgate should’ve had Madison on from the start instead of the defensive rusty Phillips!).
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