August 12
Innsbruck
* This weekend a group of us decided that we would go check out more of Austria and visit the smaller cities of Innsbruck and Salzburg. On the train a few us talked to a friendly middle-aged teacher from Vienna that willingly told us all about the education system in Austria (like how the universities are free and there is an overflow of foreigners coming to study), about employment and how difficult it is to find new jobs, and about economical issues such as taxes. I’ve really enjoyed the whole ‘riding trains’ experience because it is such a great way to meet people from around the world.
* Innsbruck is a cute little city in Tyrol with beautiful views of mountaintops all around. In the city center there is a Habsburg residence, which just goes to show their expansiveness, and the city houses the tomb of Emperor Maximilian I. Most of our time was spent walking around the city and checking it out. We also got quite good as figuring out the busing system, which is quite a new thing to most Californians. It’s too bad that public transportation isn’t that popular in the States, or least not in suburbia. Things really need to change if we want to stop global warming. Anyway, we ended up staying at a nice campsite for the night (all hostels were booked) where we met a couple that was making their way through Europe by bicycling. They had already been riding for 2 weeks straight through France and Germany and planned to ride for a few more weeks to end up who knows where.
posted by lauREN @ 9/11/2006
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