{"id":9496,"date":"2014-07-14T08:51:48","date_gmt":"2014-07-14T08:51:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thesojournseries.com\/bavaria\/?p=9496"},"modified":"2014-09-18T20:42:18","modified_gmt":"2014-09-18T20:42:18","slug":"into-innsbruck","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.thesojournseries.com\/bavaria\/into-innsbruck\/","title":{"rendered":"Into Innsbruck"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"1-IMG_5888\"<\/a>After the popularity of my recent “<\/span>Venice in the Rain<\/a>” post, I have been thinking of starting an “In the Rain” series as the weather has been obliging of late believe me!…<\/span><\/p>\n

Having kept us awake for nearly the whole of our last night at Natterersee<\/a>, the heavy rain helped us with our packing up and getting out the door too. \u00a0I don’t think any of us would have been happy about leaving the place had it as been as sunny as the previous two days… \u00a0Car stuffed with various camping paraphernalia, we bade our little froggy friends a fond farewell and headed into Innsbruck – it’s only a few kilometres up the road from here so it would have been rude not to…<\/p>\n

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Of course Innsbruck is more famous for its snow than its rain having hosted the Winter Olympics on two previous occasions, and completely surrounded as it is by impressive mountains (none of which we could see on this particular day!). \u00a0It’s definitely worth a visit whatever the season,\u00a0and compact enough to cover thoroughly in a day or two if that’s all you have. \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0We only had a morning here however, \u00a0so bear with me on this whistle-stop tour…<\/p>\n

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A wander around the Medieval Aldstadt (old town) is a must \u00a0– particularly if you’re a fan of gothic architecture. \u00a0Even if your roof level view is obstructed by umbrellas (yours or someone else’s), you can’t miss the glittering tiles of the Goldenes Dachl Museum – the hoards of admiring tourists standing underneath will indicate where you are…<\/p>\n

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The Goldenes Dachl<\/a> is one of Innsbruck’s most famous landmarks by the way, and once the realm of Emperor Maximilian himself. He built the ornate bay window especially to watch tournaments down in Innsbruck’s main square just in case you’re wondering. \u00a0 Nowadays it’s a museum dedicated to his life, and I have heard that there’s a good children’s section here \u00a0too – which we will investigate next time.<\/p>\n

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Keep an eye out for the glorious green domes of the Imperial Hofburg too, and the baroque 18th Century St Jacobs Cathedral (as featured in my last Silent Sunday<\/a>!). \u00a0Two of Bavaria’s most famous siblings – the Asam brothers<\/a> contributed to some of its interior by the way if you find such things interesting. \u00a0 And if you don’t, you might just want to look them up – it could be the start of something beautiful…<\/p>\n

I am sure you won’t be surprised to hear that cake featured somewhere in our visit. \u00a0 I hear there’s a branch of Hotel Sacher in Innsbruck\u00a0too,\u00a0but a slice of its famous torte wasn’t to be on this occasion. \u00a0Instead, having taken our fill of Innsbruck’s medieval streets, and in need of a little pick me up (and “dry me out”), we happily stumbled across Cafe Mundig<\/a> in all of its 200 hundred year old magnificent cake making glory. \u00a0 This was to prove a bitter-sweet experience for me however, as it was here my beloved little Canon died a sudden death. It had lived happily in my bag, rescuing me from having to lug my big camera around from time to time… \u00a0 But (having taken tens of thousands of pictures) an attempted shot of what can only be described as the most amazing custard slice in the world proved far too much for it, and I therefore cannot show you what it looked like. \u00a0 Thankfully the delectability of the custard slice helped me through said trauma. \u00a0 The other Bavarian Sojourn family members can also highly recommend the blueberry milkshakes, the raspberry torte, and a slice of something chocolate that didn’t last long enough for me to trace the name back to the cake counter…<\/p>\n

Anyway Innsbruck, \u00a0it was short but sweet – thanks for having us. \u00a0I know we will see you again – in the snow next time?<\/p>\n

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Cafe Mundig,<\/em>
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\n Innsbruck<\/em><\/p>\n

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