River rafting in HAIMING - Monday me, Stacey, Anna and Kelly went river rafting on the River In. I learned the River In is what flows through Innsbruck and "bruck" in German means bridge. Hence the name Innsbruck. Haiming is a small town about 20 min. outside of Innsbruck. We had so much fun. We had wet suits and boots on because the water was so cold,48 degrees to be exact. Once we got in though we got used to it. The rapids were a 3 on a scale of 1...

NEUSCHWANSTEIN CASTLE - Friday Stacey and I took a day trip to the town of Fussen in Germany to visit the castle that inspired Sleeping Beauty's castle in Disneyland. Unfortunately we spent more time on the train than visiting the castle. We left on the first train to Munich at 8:30am and what should have taken us 4 hours took us 7. So we only had 2 hours in Fussen to get to the castle and be back for the last train to Munich. We tried to buy tickets to the castl...

INNSBRUCK - Girls Night Out - Tuesday night when we got back from the lake we decided to get the girls together and go have a good dinner. We had great weather there and a delicious dinner at Fisher House. From there we were going to meet everyone at the Hoffgarden. That is the Tuesday night hang out because of their drink specials. Since we had such great weather all day we were in sun dresses and no one even thought to bring an umbrella. When we were finishing ...

INNSBRUCK - the cold rainy weather has finally given us a break. It still rains at night but the days are much more enjoyable. We went to the lake on Tuesday and just relaxed. It was great to get some sun. The water is really cold and reminded me of Barton Springs. I was only brave enough to get half ways in but Stacey dove in and swam around. I wish it was as easy to take a cooler as it is in the U.S. but since you can't buy bags of ice you end up taking drinks ...

VIENNA is the Washington D.C. of Austria but felt more like the New York City because it was so crowded. This is the first city where I really experience the high tourist season. There are so many beautiful buildings but the crowded city made me appreciate Innsbruck even more. I feel like I am comfortable and familiar with Innsbruck in a way that I couldn't be if I was living in a big touristy city. My favorite place was Schonbrunn Palace. It was the summer hom...