Road Trip to Austria

Two weekends ago Matt, Millie and I took a road trip to Austria. We decided to be adventurous and drive somewhere. We decided on a little town called Zirl, which is located just outside of Innsbruck, Austria. It was a 5 ½ hour drive. A few people, mostly Europeans, thought we were a little crazy to be driving ‘so far’ when we told them about our plans. We found this interesting as we drive from our home in Minnesota to my parents’ home in Wisconsin for a weekend and it takes us the same amount of time. Five and ½ hours in the car must mean something a little different to folks around here. This was also Millie’s first trip across the Swiss border. She had her passport all ready to go in case we were stopped, but we were waved through both times.

We enjoyed the town of Zirl and our hotel was nice and cozy. I think we would have had a nice view of the Alps from our room but they never came out – it was gray and rainy all three days. Although the weather didn’t cooperate, we were able to do some nice hikes. We had plenty of hiking trails around us – they were literally out the hotel’s front door. We also spent a day taking in the sights around Innsbruck.