So we thought that our last night in Innsbruck would be relatively uneventful since most everyone has already left, but it turned out to be one of our cooler nights. Mat had mentioned this place that his brother had eaten that was called Senses (can't remember the German spelling, but that's the gist). It was basically right on our walk to school and we now wish we had taken all of our friends to it earlier. Mat had heard that it was all you could eat ribs and wings for 9 euro and you went on this sensory experience where they blindfolded you and took you through different rooms, where they would splash water on you, etc. We joked that maybe his friends were lying to us and we were going to show up, tell them we were ready to be blindfolded, and they would look at us like we were crazy. We didn't make reservations, but the owner was nice enough to set up the tour for us anyways while we had a few drinks. You start in this room where you take off your watches and put away your phones (light aspect) and then you go into a pitch black room. There is a tour guide in the room that can't see you, but can hear you, so you have to speak to him. The first "experience" is the woods, where you are walking along a path with brush. Mat was in the lead since we all know my anxiety was at an all time high before attempting any of this and Liz was in the back, since she falls all over everything in the light. The owner assured us there was nothing to be afraid of. Liz still clutched on to the tie of my shirt because she needed specific walking instructions. After the woods, we went into a "city" where there were stone walls and a bike parked along a wall. All of this was in complete darkness, you couldn't even see the outlines of the people right in front of you. After the city, we looked for a life jacket along one wall and we went onto a bridge (and pretty rocky), where there was a rope. Mat took the rope and was seated on a wooden boat named "Laura." Then Liz and I also got on the boat. The boat actually rocked, there was wind, and it felt like you were on the water. We joked that if all of our friends were there, they'd probably turn on the lights and everyone would have taken their shirts off for a "no-shirt party." Haha, also when he turned the boat on, Liz goes, "She's a motorboat!" and Mat responded she was too young for his liking, 30. After the boat stopped, we were led onto a beach where there was a beach bar (well we like to think so) and you stepped down through sand into a room. There was a table and three chairs. We all sat down and the waiter brought us beers. You have to keep in mind that all of this is being done in pitch-darkness, so it's pretty crazy that none of us have fallen down at this point or wigged. The waiter was really cool and although he couldn't understand total English, knew a lot of what we were saying. After about 20 minutes, Mat was too hungry and wanted to get the waiters attention. We've decide that Mat is a gentleman in the light, but a thug in the dark. The first thing he yelled was something like, "Can we get some food up in here?!" and Liz and I told us he was scaring us. The next thing he yelled was "Yo, Brotha" Haha the second time he yelled Yo, Brotha, the waiter replied, "Yo, Sista!" Before the food came out, we had a long talk about what it was like to be blind. We have a blind guy in our program and it's hard to imagine how he gets around in Europe, since it's hard enough doing it with sight. Liz also wonders how blind people dream when they can't put their thoughts into actual images. We finally decided we don't know enough about the blind, but I think their brain may just do it for them. Mat also teased that he'd really brought us into a "hostel" situation and that he'd probably run if they tried to go for us first and daddy SURE would have run. Haha. When the waiter brought us food, it turned out to be ribs, chicken wings, garlic bread, and corn on the cob...probably some of the messiest foods you could eat in the dark. ALSO with two dipping sauces, which Mat could never find, so we had to keep leading his hand to the sauce. Liz kept trying to hoard the sauces though, per usual. Mat and I were not that full when we left, but Liz was stuffed. She thinks it's because she is a ninja at eating riblets in the dark. We decided it's all you can eat because no one wants to eat that much in the dark. We also figured out that we eat just as much/as quickly in the dark as we do in the light. After dinner was over, we were led back into the restaurant and we figured out that our waiter that was leading us around in the dark was really blind! It was definitely something to think about. We also had to wash off because we had rib sauce all over our hands. At one point during the dinner, Liz told me to grab her hand to lead me to the sauce and I've never felt a greasier hand in my life. Our hands slipped apart when we tried to grasp. The owner of the restaurant was super nice and kept telling us how much he appreciated Americans. He's even throwing some send-off shindig for the undergrads. After dinner, we walked along the river into Old Town for gelato. It was weird seeing everything open so late because we've only been here on the weekdays when everything closes at like 8. Mat is heading back to Atlanta on Monday from Munich as well. We will be seeing him soon for Kings of Leon!
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