Innsbruck....

This beautiful alpine city is the capital of Tyrol in western Austria. The breathtaking beauty of this city made me fall in love with europe all over again.

Although very small, the city has a long history dating back to the 11th century. We took a direct train from Munich to Innsbruck and completed the journey in about 5 hours. The ICE Trains of Germany are another example of this country's amazing automobile supremacy with trains travelling for about 300 km/hr,the journey as smooth and fast as it can get. While going our train was full of the Oktober fest revelers and everyone was having an amazing time.

We reached there on saturday night and stayed in this hostel which we had booked earlier. On sunday morning we started our day with the breakfast and getting the necessary directions and passes from the information center.

The main city area is very small and can be covered by foot. We saw the Golden roof which is as the name suggests is a roof made of gold plated copper plates. Some  steps away is the Imperial palace of Hofburg and the museum. We took the bus to the Ambras Castle which is located on top of the Innsbruck valley and was the summer seat of the royalty. This palace is vast and beautiful with large hunting grounds and priceless paintings,furnitures and other artifacts.

From there we went to the Swarovsky Museum where there are some 40 rooms displaying amazing crystal works and in the end of which there is the shop and although the jewellery is very expensive I couldnt resist buying a ring and pair of earrings.

After swarovsky we took the cable car to Nordpark which presents the awesome view of the entire innsbruck valley and the alps. We had our dinner at Sher-e- Punjab (yes an indian restro even here!!!) and took the train back.

 It was a memorable and enjoying trip and the pristine beauty of the Alps is forever engraved in my heart. Anyone would say that the maker was biased when he was making this world for the enchanting and mesmerising beauty he gave to europe,nevertheless,I will be forever grateful for being able to see and appreciate it :))