My hearty apologies for the long blog absence. I don’t have a great excuse, I just didn’t want to blog while I was in Oklahoma or in the two days since my return. What can you do?
So, there is still so much to tell you about my trips and the many days between. I’ll try to get on it and get it over with so that I’m not back blogging for months on end. I really hate it when people do that.
When last we talked about the Europe trip, Zak and I were in Germany. After spending the night in Munich, we hit the road for a pretty ambitious day. The plan was to go to the town of Fussen, Germany to see the castle on which Walt Disney based the castle at DisneyLand, then drive through Austria while seeing a Crystal Theme Park and then onto Verona, Italy. Yes, three countries in one day.
Our trip started out in quite a funny fashion. We entered our destination of Fussen, Germany into our navigation system, Gert and she took us on quite the trip. Alas, she did not take us to the town of Fussen but to a street named Fussen at least 50 miles away from our intended destination. So, instead of a majestic castle, we got this field and home in a small German town. Thanks, Gert. We could have been upset about this crappy detour, but we found the whole thing quite funny. We discovered about half way there that we weren’t headed in the right direction, but decided to see where Gert wanted us to go and loved where we ended up.
After that odd trip, we headed for Austria and the Swarovski Crystal Theme Park. Yes, I said crystal theme park. There are really no words for how strange this place was. I think the best word for it is “trippy”. It was so strange and yet so wonderful that it’s too hard to describe. Needless to say, we loved it!
(this was a crystal dome and when looking at this picture, it makes me feel like Zak and I are trapped behind the glass and it will be someones mission to rescue us from this evil spell we are under. Isn’t that what you thought when you looked at it?)
After the theme park, we headed to the capital of Austria, Innsbruck. How beautiful was this city? It has a center area that is really really old and they don’t allow cars there. It’s all pedestrian along the winding cobbled streets. We loved this place. And, to add breathtaking natrual views to the architectural beauty, it’s nestled at the foot of the Alps.
(the golden roof behind us is from the 1st century and is in the middle of the all pedestrian old town)
After our yummy lunch in Austria, we headed for Italy. Our two days in Italy are to follow soon.
