avatarBryan Dijkhuizen

Summary

The article recounts a traveler's journey from Zürich to Innsbruck, followed by a trip to Bad Reichenhall, highlighting the scenic beauty and personal experiences along the way.

Abstract

The traveler begins the day by oversleeping, missing their alarm, but quickly recovers to embark on a train journey to Innsbruck. The 4-hour train ride from Zürich offers stunning views and a brief stop allows for exploration of Innsbruck's famous colorful houses and surrounding mountains. The author captures the essence of the city through photographs, emphasizing the picturesque landscape enclosed by mountains. The journey continues with a luxurious ride on the Railjet Express train to Salzburg, followed by a meal at McDonald's and a final leg to Bad Reichenhall. The traveler describes Bad Reichenhall as a quintessential German village and expresses anticipation for the upcoming visit to Hallstatt, the inspiration for Arendelle in Disney's Frozen. The article concludes with invitations to follow the author's travel journeys and join Medium, as well as a recommendation for an AI service.

Opinions

  • The author expresses gratitude for having booked train reservations in advance, ensuring a comfortable journey despite limited seating.
  • Innsbruck is portrayed as a beautiful city, surrounded by impressive mountains, and is popular among tourists, including many Dutch visitors.
  • The Railjet Express train is described as one of the most luxurious and modern trains in Europe, though the journey is noted to be lengthy and somewhat uncomfortable

10-Hour Travel Days and Colorful Houses in Innsbruck

It’s been a long day

Image by author: Bryan Dijkhuizen — Innsbruck 2022

The day started with us sleeping through our alarm.

Yep. Those things happen.

But after waking up and packing our stuff again, we were ready to set foot on the train to Innsbruck. It was a long train with limited seats available, so luckily I booked a reservation for the both of us.

The journey lasted around 4 hours from Zürich to Innsbruck and the view was beautiful.

We took a short stop in Innsbruck to stretch our legs and to view some of the local beauties such as the colorful houses everybody’s talking about.

Image by author: Bryan Dijkhuizen — Innsbruck 2022

Besides that, Innsbruck is a beautiful city and we took some photographs of ourselves near the river on the bridge.

You might have noticed the mountains in the background.

That’s the cool thing about Innsbruck, it looks like the whole city is surrounded by them. Everywhere you put your eyes, you see those beautiful pointy mountains.

Image by author: Bryan Dijkhuizen — Innsbruck 2022

Innsbruck is loved by tourists and we heard a lot of Dutch voices around us.

Small world isn't it?

But then we realized we’d still have to travel around 300 kilometers to our final destination of Bad Reichenhall, a cute little city in the south of Germany.

We had to take the Railjet Express train, one of the most luxurious and modern trains currently in Europe (sigh). That was about 3 hours in a shaking train.

But eventually, we arrived in Salzburg and had food at Mcdonald's before we took our final two trains to Bad Reichenhall.

Image by author: Bryan Dijkhuizen — Bad Reichenhall2022

It’s the most typical cute little German village you have ever seen. We booked an Ibis Styles hotel for two nights here to relax and to have some luxury on our last two nights of this trip.

It’s only a ten-minute walk from the train station and it just looks perfect.

Our final day of this trip would be to the cute village of Hallstatt (it’s the actual town Arendelle from Frozen was based on).

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