Today was officially designated a free day. We went to the old town of Hal in Tirol which is just two stops before Innsbruck on the train. When we arrived, we wondered if we had done the right thing as it was all a little uninspiring, but we walked along a road that seemed to go towards the town centre and found the old centre which turned out to be very attractive indeed. While we were having a coffee in a cafe just on the edge of the old centre, a procession went past with a band and everyone dressed in traditional costume and wearing hats that looked just like those that Rumpelstiltskin in normally portrayed in. It was quite colourful though we did not find out what the procession was in aid of.
As it was Sunday, the shops were all shut but we found an excellent cafe in the old Rathaus to have lunch but we did not linger after lunch but went back to Jenbach and rested for the rest of the afternoon.
On the free day no meal was officially provided but the Hotel did in fact do a meal if you ordered in advance. They put on a mostly traditional Austrian meal with Goulash for main course and Tirolean apricot dumplings for sweet, though the soup was a Russian recipe as the chef had worked in Russia for a time. The meal was delicious and was certainly worth staying in for rather than going out into Jenbach where the range of resaurants seemed somewhat limited.
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