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Junket to Austria Photo Gallery - Innsbruck, Austria

8 August 2003


Tiroler Volkskunstmuseum
A teeny tiny chair in the Tirolean Folk Art Museum

Tiroler Volkskunstmuseum

Tiroler Volkskunstmuseum

Tiroler Volkskunstmuseum

Tiroler Volkskunstmuseum

Tiroler Volkskunstmuseum

Tiroler Volkskunstmuseum
Nativity scene

Horse-drawn tourist carriages
Sometimes this entire street smelled like... manure

The Hofburg
The Imperial Palace - built in 1460 and remodled between 1754 and 1770 under the direction of Maria Theresia

Hofkirche - Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

Hofkirche
The Imperial Church contains 28 bronze statues of Habsburg saints and Roman emperors

Hofkirche
The center of the church was being remodeled, hence the giant box.

Hofkirche

Hofkirche

Hofkirche - Tomb of Andreas Hofer

Hofkirche

Hofkirche - Tomb of Archduke Ferdinand II

Altstadt
Hofburg in background

One of many outdoor cigarette machines

Basilica Wilten & Graveyard

Graveyard & Stiftskirche Wilten

Andreas Hofer Monument
Erected in 1893 to commemorate the 1809 battles in which Andreas Hofer led Tirolean peasants against French and Bavarian forces

Franz Josef I monument
Emperor of Austria, King of Bohemia, and King of Hungary until his death in 1916.

View of Innsbruck from Bergisil

Olympic Torch
Innsbruck hosted the 1964 and 1976 Winter Olympics and is currently offering a joint bid with Salzburg for the 2014 winter games.

Innsbruck Manhole
Not as impressive as those in Prague

Basilica Wilten, a graveyard, and Stiftskirche Wilten

The lizard that prompted Nick to say "hey leezard leezard leezard!"

Giant coke cans available in Innsbruck

View from Amsterdam hotel after NW/KLM lost Nick's plane


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