Friday, August 11, 2006

Austria

I call this post Austria because we went whitewater rafting about 45 minutes out of Innsbruck and then arrived later in the city.

Quite the day. Liechtenstein was stop number 1. A very tiny country about the size of the GTA. Got my passport stamped for 2 swiss francs. After that we went rafting. Whitewater rafting was amazing. We were guided by an instructor who was super great and he was Welsh. Nobody fell out of our raft. I got a souvenir photo for my troubles.

After that, we ended up in Innsbruck. I saw the ski jump that is next to the cemetery. It was used during the 1976 olympic winter games that were here. But when the competition was going on, they put a billboard to cover the cemetery. The jumping distances greatly improved after that.

We then walked into the downtown where I went to Swarovski Crystals. I bought this beautiful necklace that I may give as a gift someday. It is just so much cheaper here than to buy in Canada.

Tomorrow we are off to Venice. Should be quite good. First time in Italy.

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