We had originally planned to do Nuremberg to Stuttgart, however when we realised how close we were to Austria (believe it or not.. my geography is terrible!) we decided to change things up a bit and tick a new country off for Mark. Due to travel time that meant we had a shorter morning in Nuremberg, so it was all about cramming in as much as possible in 3hrs!
We started the day by looking at all the pretty historical bridges located around the town. The blue sky and still water meant perfect reflection photos. The American in the pub the night before recommend we walked the city walls – unfortunately, they are now closed for the season.. but we still got to see more of the medieval buildings so the walk was still worth it.
As it was now the 25th it meant the markets were open! It’s not the same in the daytime, but we still wanted a quick explore before heading to our next train. As we had only had a croissant for breakfast, it only seemed right we had more local cuisine to top us up – 3 sausages and sauerkraut in a roll. Delicious! Every other stand was selling a fruit bread called Hutzelbrot so this was our breakfast pudding. Advertised as deliciously dense, chewy, moist and flavorful. I’ll give them dense…. but everything else about it was absolutely foul, and for the first time we had to bin a market treat 😭
You won’t be surprised to hear that the first leg of our journey train (to Munich) was delayed. This gave us super twitchy arse as the original time only gave us 15 minutes to change – however it turns out German trains communicate with each other, and our connecting train to Innsbruck would be waiting for us! The trains in and around Germany (ICE) have been relatively quiet and we’ve been able to get a seat. The trains to Europe (EC) were the total opposite, and because we hadn’t booked a seat we spent the whole journey wedged by the toilet with a constant stench of fishy piss 🤢
We arrived in Innsbruck with about 2hrs daylight left and were keen to get to the Hungerburg Christmas Market half way up the mountain. Although small it was definitely worth it for the views, the Glühwein and Kiachl (deep fried in boiling lard.. yummy!) As if we hadn’t eaten enough, we got back to ground level and sniffed out a few more treats before heading to a pub to watch the England game. One thing I will say is the price of everything seems a lot more expensive here! Unfortunately the main sports pub was full, so we found another sports bar just on the outskirts. This was a much more ‘manly’ place with the scent of Lynx Africa in the air 🤣 but we got a seat, they had beer for Mark so that’s all that’s needed. A win would have been nice though…
The Travelling Ginger 