Innsbruck to Kaunertal

Today we left our luxurious accommodation in Innsbruck and continued our road trip, but not before an amazingly huge and varied breakfast of many different types of tropical fruit, sausages and bread, and meat terrines of different sorts. It was an amazing and great start to the day,  and we ate at a table overlooking the mountains.

Our next destination was Kaunertal, where we are staying for the next two nights. It was another long drive and the best part was when we stopped off at Swarovski Crystal World. We did a self guided tour where there was many different rooms to view crystals, as well as see different lighting effects, a room where you felt as if you were actually inside a crystal, plus many other interesting rooms.

At the end of the tour there was a gift shop with lots of very expensive Swarovski crystal items, and some cheaper ones. I bought myself a ring with tiny pink crystals on it, and it was marked down from 30 euros to 15 euros, and then because I presented my entry ticket, I got another 2 euros off the price - absolute bargain, and I now have a ring on my finger!

After a bit more driving we arrived at our accommodation. I was surprised by two things as we drove in to the carpark. One was that there was a van with a wheelchair sign on the back, which suggested to me that a group of people in wheelchairs was staying here, and the second thing was that among the many motor bikes in the car park, there was a motorbike with a wheelchair attached to it, parked near us. I was a little perplexed about where the occupant of the wheelchair was, but very surprised and interested to see it.

When we went into the hotel, it became obvious and another surprise to us that the hotel that my sister had chosen catered for people in wheelchairs and people with motorbikes. As we walked to our room we saw pictures of people in wheelchairs on the walls, as well as two sit-skis in glass cabinets. This was going to be a very interesting place to stay for the next two nights!

For dinner we went down to the dining room, where dinner was a set menu. There were three courses: The first was like a sausage roll in broth, and a slice of beef with lettuce, the second was salmon and potatoes with a creamy sauce, and dessert was a chocolate dumpling with a berry sauce.

After dinner we wandered back up to our room and went to bed.