24 hours in Innsbruck

On Saturday I worked from 7-noon and then Justin and I packed up and headed to the train station. We caught the 2:04 train to Innsbruck, and an hour and 20 min later we were there. We found a tourist info stand and the guy booked us a hotel room, and bought two Innsbruck Cards which got us free access to almost every tourist attraction and public transport. We headed out to the ski jump as the sun was setting. The lift from the base of the viewing area up to the jump tower was having issues so we were taken by taxi on a wild ride up the back hills. We looked around and took some pictures and looked down in awe of the height of the jump. We then took the taxi back down the hill and went in the stadium viewing area. We just barely missed the bus so we had to wait about 35 min for the next one. We walked around for a little and caught the next bus that took us back to town, then walked across the bride over the River Inn or Innsbruck. Our hotel was off this little single lane street just off the bridge. We had a little room on the first floor(American 2nd floor) dropped off our things, stopped by the movie theater two doors down from our hotel and found out Avatar was playing in 3D and in English that night so we got tickets and then went out to Magic Pizza for a bite to eat. We walked down to the Golden Roof which is one of the most photographed sights in Innsbruck and went back to the hotel for a 2 hour nap so we could stay awake for Avatar. The movie was good, we both enjoyed it and then went back to our room and slept. We got up and ate breakfast at the hotel and then checked out and walked across the bridge and got pictures of the Golden Roof and City Tower during day light, stopped at the St Jakob Church and then up to the Congress House train/cable car station and went up to the top of Hafelekar Mountain which is at 2256 meters. The stops along the way were breath taking rising up above the clouds. Once at the top we watched a group of people climb over the wall and make their own trail down the mountain. We rode down to the Alpine Zoo and again used our Innsbruck cards for free entry. We walked around and looked at the bear and lots of birds and the fish, as well as many others and then took the train back down to the Congress Center. We walked through town making a stop at the Triumphal Arch and then to the train station, grabbed a bite to eat and made it to the train for the ride home.
Slightly chilly but a great trip.
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