Get your towel ready
In September we will be headed out west to Yellowstone National Park and a few parks in Utah. The Yellowstone leg will be a family trip and the Utah trip will be the two of us on a quest for…
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Glaciers in the sky
We woke up early to take a train to Engelberg. Engelberg is at the base of Mount Titlis. This would be our highest point on this trip surpassing 10,000 feet. Somehow we got in the Globi train car. Globi is…
Adventure Mountain
We woke up this morning ready for an Alpine adventure and Switzerland delivered. We were headed on Lucerne’s golden tour. After grabbing our tickets from the helpful tourist desk we headed to pier two where our boat journey departs. Pilatus…
Sky Pilot
We got off to an early start. We were headed to Grindelwald which was a 45 minute train ride from Interlaken. In true Swiss fashion the ride was visually striking and full of picturesque landscapes. Grindelwald Arriving in Grindelwald we…
Can you hear me now?
Waking up in Interlaken Switzerland is an amazing thing. Everything is beautiful. Harder Kulm The previous night I found a hike that would be interesting. We were going to hike up to Harder Kulm which has a restaurant and a…
Freiburg and Titisee
We arrived in Freiburg at the main train station. Looked up where our Airbnb was and plotted our course on our phones. With only one wrong turn we were there in less than 15 minutes. We’d had a long day…
Frankfurt
Early in the AM we left cologne via train and took a one hour train ride to Frankfurt. Devin had found a four hour walking tour called Frankfurt on Foot that only cost 12 euro. That’s three euro each hour!!…
Cologne Sight Seeing
We took a free walking tour of Cologne in the afternoon. Getting there we took the long way and walked down the Rhine river. Our tour guide started by explaining the Cologne coat of arms while were at one of…
Leaving Brussels
I had some of my best sleep last night in Brussels. I think it’s due to our posh Airbnb. Waking up we headed to get our waffles for breakfast. We were hoping for our nacho cheese type waffle but we…
Gravensteen Castle
Between Bruges and Brussels is Ghent and Gravensteen Castle. The Dutch name means Castle of the Counts. Inside was a self guided tour with some light history of the middle ages. Some of the text was in English while some…