Today began with a great breakfast at our hotel, Hotel Trieste...though we prefer German and Austrian train conductors, our preference for breakfast certainly lies with the Italians! Fruit, croissants, prosciutto, mozzarella, mmmmm...it was delicious! Verona has been somewhat unique in that we didn't really have a list of "must-sees," so we sort of let the day take us where it would. We began the day at the Arena di Verona in the center of town - an old Roman a...

Our final day in Innsbruck was quite overcast and rainy, but eventful nonetheless. We began with another Austrian meat-and-cheese breakfast at our hotel, then we walked through the old town to see the Hofkirsche and the Volksmuseum. This church and cultural museum are connected and located near the Hapsburg imperial palace. The church was ornately decorated around the tomb of Maximillian I, emperor of Austria in the 15-16th centuries. The museum contained tra...