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Austrian Winter Wonderland

Posted by ehallenb | 16th January 2008

First, the fine print: We returned safely home on Jan 12. We ran out of blogging steam - and much spare time - in Innsbruck and thereafter. We'll try to fill things in now, but of course, it just isn't the same telling the tales after the fact from home.

Innsbruck

We were amazed how quickly the trip had changed when we crossed the border by rail into Austria. The new snow-covered landscape was expected, but the overall tranquility we found in the Innsbruck area was a welcome surprise after all the bustle in Italy. We checked in to our delightful hotel, after getting some beyond-the-call-of-duty navigational help from the city bus driver (who patiently listened to my "broken German") as well as one of his patrons, who spoke perfect English.

At this point though, we had to take stock: Plans were still not firmed up for the remainder of the trip. Partly this was because I was still hashing out a plan with my Mom's long-time Austrian penpals, Tony and Traudi, to meet

Continued | The Adventures of Team H

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