Home and wiped out! The travel delays continued yesterday and early this morning as Lisa and I tried to get home from Zurich. Luckily we were only delayed, not canceled or rerouted. Unknown problem in DC and weather in Chicago contributed to 1:00 am arrival in SD and by the time I was back in Carlsbad, it was after 2:00 am. Oddly enough I was up and awake at 6:30 am so now I'm diving into the day, getting caught up on work happenings and planning the weekend. I've got that jet lag dizziness (or maybe lack of sleep) thing going on now but overall, the day is proceeding along at a fast pace.
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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