Today we had a long day but a great one.
We took a bus ride to the Alpine Zoo. We were able to see church steeples, and the mountains surrounding the valley. On the bus I played peekaboo with some school children, who impressed me with getting around at their young age.
The zoo was about the size of the Santa Barbara zoo back home: small. Our favorite exhibits were the turtles, and the bears. They were the only two animals not sleeping or looking depressed.
Next we traveled to the Ferdinand II castle in the southern part of the city.
It was from the 1800’s and was stocked with Medieval and early Renaissance paintings and artifacts. It was nicely preserved. I especially liked the dungeon, which was partially underground and you could feel the temperature drop by 20 degrees. I also liked the suits of armor and weaponry.We finished the day with dinner and a show. We ate downtown Old Town Innsbruck, and then made our way to an Austrian Folk Dance Show.
This was very cool. It was complete with costume, folk dancers, and of course the Bavarian oompa music. At the end they sang international songs from about 15 countries ranging from Yankee Doodle to Pomp and circumstance, including Brazilian, Spanish, and Brazilian anthems in between.Tomorrow we travel to Luzerne, Switzerland. Its a 3 hour jaunt. To be continued....
-Gabe
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