October 17, 2004
AlpenZoo
Geesh, I'm totally getting behind here, so please excuse me while I briefly upload some pictures. These are taken from an excursion Ang and I went on with the other foreign students here in Innsbruck. It was to the Alpenzoo. First, we met at the Goldenes Dachl, which is an old building with a (fake) gold roof. Historians doubt the authenticity of the roof, not me. We met some nice Italian girls who spoke English. Then we walked along the Inn River and over a wooden bridge and started hiking up a trail. The hike came unexpectedly. Those of you who know me, know that I'm not much of a hiker. It's just not that fun to me, but this was okay. We paid 4.5 euro and gained admittance to the zoo, where we saw all the animals that I probably could've seen at Yellowstone this past summer, but didn't. We saw goats with long horns, such as the photo above, a pacing brown bear, bison, wild boars, cows, regular goats, beavers, owls, and an Englishman's grave, among other things. But the best part of the experience was the view of Innsbruck from the mountainside, as seen below.
