As I left the house for the airport, I wondered what I had forgotten at home. It turned out to be the camera cable so there is no photo to post from my hotel room window. I'm staying at Caesar's Palace and have a partial view of the strip obstructed only by a myraid of phone and power cables. As usual, Vegas in April is windy and dry and my allergies are going crazy. At least the cigarette smoke hasn't overwhelmed me. Even the airport has non-smoking areas now. I guess change has come to Vegas at last.
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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