Our outing to the Jazz Dock to see a 'blues' band on our last night in Prague was a bit of a bust! The American guitar player really wasn't very good and therefore most of the music was carryed by the keyboard player. No vocals, no tune, just a lot of noise and certainly not the blues. The crowd there seemed to be enjoying them so we're guessing they don't get a lot of good blues music in Prague. Either that or they were really drunk!
Our 'direct' train journey from Prague to Linz, (where we were transferring to Innsbruck) held a bit of a surprise. The women that checked our ticket had to explain to us in broken English that we actually had to get off the train at one point, get on a bus to another town and then get back on a train to finish the trip. A bit of confusion trying to understand her directions but in the end it worked out okay. From what I could see on the first part of the train trip they were doing a lot of work on the tracks so I think that was the cause of the detour. There was a Chinese/American couple on the same coach as us who were just as confused so we stuck together! Czech Republic is still rebuilding and I think this kind of thing is commonplace. Their trains were vastly different than other European trains.
Once back on the train and headed to Austria we couldn't stop looking out the windows. No reading on this leg of the trip. The countryside was so, well, Austrian! Just like you see in pictures or in the movies and when we got on the very efficient, modern Austrian train from Linz to Innsbruck I think our mouths were hanging open. Never again will I think of Mont Tremblant as mountains! The views were incredible and I don't think my pictures will do it justice.
We didn't arrive until 4pm. I've posted a pic of the view from our hotel room and will post more when we get up the mountain tomorrow.
Weather is still hot and sunny even here! I had to go buy some shorts.
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| View from hotel room |
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| View from Park across the street from hotel. |
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