9/23/14 - Innsbruk to Salzburg to St.Gilgen
I woke up at 4:30 am, because of going to bed so early, so I did some updating of blog, etc. the wifi here is the best we have had since we left home. The place is called Pension Stoi, a short walk from the Innsbruk train station. The room is large, on the ground floor, sink in the room, toilet & shower ensuite, wardrobe, table & chairs but no easy chair. Tiny tube TV. Everything looks new and sparkling clean. There are other toilets and showers in the hall, so some rooms might not have them ensuite.
We went out to get the SIM card, and I was shocked to find that Manfred wanted it for the stupid old dumb phone he bought in Europe on another trip. I assumed it was going to be for the iPhone. This is ridiculous. By the next trip, the iPhone will probably be too old for anything. He called Runi from the store, to make sure he knew how to use it. She called back, and he didn't recognize the ringtone. heehee☺️.
We had coffee and toast in a nearby cafe. It was very good. We sat in the McDonalds in the bahnhoff, because we just missed one train and had to wait 1:15 for the next one. They had nice seats and good coffee. On our devices, we keep getting wifi bars but no access to Internet, in restaurants, train station, train car, etc. I keep accepting the rules, but it still doesn't work. What am I doing wrong?
The train, very smooth, finally in 1st class, watching the über-green fields and blue mountains and cute villages whisk by. It mostly went only 130km/hr, which is just under 80mph, which was the speed limit on the highways in Italy. After getting into Salzburg hbf after 7pm, then we looked for a rental car. Got
Avis gave us a biggish car for 930€ / $1,200 for 3 weeks. The built-in GPS was a bit strange, but Manfred was able to drive to St.Gilgen ok, but finding the house was harder. We finally
got there and Runi had cake and coffee waiting for us. After a good long chat, we went to our new place, the top floor of the Hausa Stadler -- it is totally fantastic, with my fav view.
1 comment:
"On our devices, we keep getting wifi bars but no access to Internet, in restaurants, train station, train car, etc. I keep accepting the rules, but it still doesn't work. What am I doing wrong?"
I have encountered situations where I agree to the rules of a Wi-Fi service, but then must open a browser and repeatedly try to go to a website before I finally get the service to "push through" and complete the connection. That could be what's happening there.
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