Swarovski Crystal World in Austria

While in Germany we drove over to Austria. We took a tour of the Swarovski Crystal World (Erik didn't care but was glad he did when it was over). Well, it wasn't a tour, we skipped that, we walked around ourselves. It so wasn't what we were expecting. It was super artsy fartsy like, Andy Warhol stuff etc. Just a bizarre display but really neat is a funky way. Erik even bought Kenna something to give to her on her 16th Birthday. Such a sweet Daddy, all his idea and he picked it out. After Crystal World we hit the Christmas Market in downtown Innsbruck. It was cold and dark out of course and we had an hour drive to get the kids home for dinner/bed. We didn't take pictures there either. We ate some food and checked people out. The only thing we bought was some packaged bacon from a local farm, funny eh? The Drakes do love their bacon, although we haven't even opened it yet. We're waiting to have a Sunday Brunch with some people over someday soon.
This was the Brazillian Room in Crystal World. The picture doesn't do it justice but she has a gazillion crystals on her.


This is the entrance to Crystal World. The eyes are HUGE crystals that light up in the dark, so cool. You can see the entrance points on the sides. This was Dec 23rd, so it really wasn't too busy. We missed a lot of tour buses.
Info:
Crystal World is called The Kristallwelten and is a crystalized fantasy world created in the hometown of Swarovski, Wattens - celebrated it's opening in 1995 on the occasion of Swarovski's 100 yr Jubilee.
The second most visited tourist attraction in Austria has been seen by more than 7 million crystal lovers since it's opening and is almost considered a place of pilgrimage.

If you Google up Kristallwelten Swarovski you can see the actual website and the featured artists etc. It's kind of neat to see.
Oh you know, just the Alps in the distance, no big deal. Pretty sweet eh?