Category: Travel Musings
Absorbing History at the Tyrolean Folk Art Museum and Court Church
March 19,2017 (Innsbruck, Austria) During my travels around Europe this time, I’ve discovered that I really like folk museums. I like museums in general but I’ve found that folk museums contain re... Read More
All That Glitters is Crystal: Touring Swarovski Crystal Worlds (Video)
April 10, 2017 (Wattens, Austria) Grant’s aunt was visiting Europe and had plans to tour Swarovski Crystal Worlds just half an hour outside of Innsbruck. Because we hadn’t been there yet, and had ... Read More
Restaurant Review: Manna Cafe
March 11, 2017 (Innsbruck, Austria) On this Saturday, we woke up to a nice semi-spring day. We glanced at our clock and realized we had overslept our alarm by 3 hours. Something we don’t normally do... Read More
Tirol Snowboarding Series: Axamer Lizum (Video)
March 13, 2017 (Tirol, Austria) Axamer Lizum was the original ski area we wanted to visit but as I mentioned in my last Tirol Snowboard post, weather dictated we go somewhere else. On this day, the we... Read More
Lost in Translation: Irish Road Sign
Whoa! This is a standard sign for residential areas that means “children crossing”. I see a boy with unnaturally over-sized forearms playing football (soccer) and head-punting a Volkswagen... Read More
Tirol Snowboarding Series: Kühtai (Video)
March 4, 2017 (Tirol, Austria) Innsbruck is a great place for people wanting a ski or snowboard holiday. The town is located in a valley surrounded by skiing areas and within a short distance to ski r... Read More
Making Our Way Through Downtown Innsbruck
February 26, 2017 (Innsbruck, Austria) Grant and I arrived in Innsbruck from Switzerland on February 21st after our weekend trip to Zermatt. The train ride over was about 3 and a half hours and was a ... Read More
Snowboarding in the Shadow of the Matterhorn (Video)
February 17 – 19, 2017 (Zermatt, Switzerland) I was super excited and had been looking forward to this weekend since Grant had booked it last October. He had seen a Meetup post for a group of Sw... Read More