Innsbruck
I have just returned from a few days in the fabulous little city of Innsbruck Austria where I found a very quaint section called the “Altstadt” which means Old city and is just that, the oldest, earliest developed section of the city. It is located directly on the river Inn which is a very high water volume river that catches the drainage from a very large portion of the alps, and is also the same river I went rafting on when I ran the Imst Gorge last week, any how it is quite an impressive river and its color is a nearly perfect aqua marine. So back to the old town, it is characterized by very narrow streets lined with every sort of different type of shop, from tea venders (which there were surprisingly many more than one of), to stores that sold nothing but hand made hair combs, it was very interesting simply to walk around and look in the windows.
Once night time rolled around I discovered that Innsbruck is also home to a plethora of fantastic restaurants, cafes, and bars, I wish I had more time to explore each and every one, but they each had a very distinctive character that if I had to generalize about I would say is most easily characterized as “cool”. So I ate at a very nice little Italian place called Mama Mia, and had a Gorgonzola Tortellini that was as close to perfection as I would have hoped for at the price I paid, but it the courtesy extended by the people who worked there is what made it really outstanding, I had such a nice time enjoying my very slow meal and never once felt anywhere near being rushed.
So I will post pictures as soon as I can, but until then I would certainly say that if you are in the area any time soon you should plan on seeing it yourself.