As usual, I woke up early in the morning and the next thing it was already 11:00 pm at night! I have to wake up in 4 hours to get to the airport for my 6:00 am flight. Tomorrow I'm off to Cairo. It's been a long 2.5 weeks in St. Pete but at the end of it, I feel almost like a local. I'm glad to leave before winter arrives but there is a lot that I never got to see on this trip. I'm sure I'll be back. It's a beautiful city and once you get to know the people who live here, you find that they are warm and friendly too!
Innsbruck - here despite it never being on my to-see list
First the backstory. In about a week I'll be boarding a cruise ship (this year's Cruise Trek) in Romania. When I booked the flight many months ago, I had a brilliant idea to go in a week early to Vienna and use it as a base to spend a few nights each in Albania and Bosnia. Fast forward to 6 weeks ago and the Covid restrictions, flight schedules, and hotel prices made me give up. Changing the flight to Vienna would result in penalties and possibly fare increases so I made the best of it and thought, where can I go in Austria where I've never been? Innsbruck, hmm. Can I get a free flight from Vienna? Yes! Can I get a free hotel room? Yes. Check! The city is picture perfect though. Nestled in a valley between two mountain ranges, it's green, colorful, and everything you could want a place to be when the purpose is total work decompression. No major sightseeing, no expectations. You, a city and a view. It's walkable and small. You've got to look up, left and right, ...
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