Deadly serious

The reverse journey back to Innsbruck was obviously faster without us stopping for the view but still involved three different cable cars as we switched stations and queued for each ride. It was well into the afternoon by the time we returned so after thinking it would be a quick trip it pretty much became the day. What a day. 

Just in case you missed it, we were on top of a mountain...taking photos. 

There's an odd collection of attractions up here, if you can call them that, but perhaps the most surreal was this metal structure a short walk away from the main tourist area. I have no idea what it was but it looked fit to be on the moon. As the fog came and went it too added to the eerie feel up here. It was actually quite beautiful. 

A short walk from the official peak was another peak that didn't have a path and with our ill-prepared footwear was out of our reach. But some tourists were almost recklessly clambering over the rocks to reach the top without any apparent care in the world. We walked halfway up and met a friendly German tourist who admitted he loved Britain and offered to take some shots of us walking down. He could have been a thief looking to run away with my camera but then it's an odd place to try so we posed for him and got a lovely group photo.