Some pics from IBK

We locals call Innsbruck IBK, FYI.

I realized I have not really been adding pictures much. So I'll share a few photos from IBK. 

I'm first stop in was my first hosts' house. They were a super cool family--i was their first ever stranger/traveller--my host from the previous two nights called them and set me up. I hit it off really well with them. We did a long hike together the next day.

Their flat was not very big and their daughter had riends sleeping over so there was no room in the house, so I happily set up in their garden. This pic is from when I work up.

The next day after the hike I put my bags in storage at the train station because my next host wasn't getting home until 9pm.

I took a cable car up to a mountain overlooking the city, these are some views.

I had a lot of fun riding my bike up the mountain and then taking the cable car the second half. When I got down I then went to a beach on the river and did my stretching and movement training. 

No grocery stores are open on Sunday in Austria so gas stations stock alot of food compared to the US. Here was my dinner at a BP. Gösser NA is the best alcohol free beer I've ever had!

When it was time to ride to my new host they were 2km out of town...straight up a damn mountain!

I paused and took this picture of IBK on the ride up.
Here is the same view in the morning.


On my third and final night in IBK I wondered around town a bit and took this picture, which I'm quite proud of it. It's unedited, just an extended exposure.

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