Lauterbrunnen Part 2: Stuff we did
A few more pictures of some of the activities we did. We only scratched the surface of the activities available. It is still our favorite place and we definitely would like to return.
A blog about our travel
A few more pictures of some of the activities we did. We only scratched the surface of the activities available. It is still our favorite place and we definitely would like to return.
We weren’t loving Switzerland like we thought we would. That all changed this week when we arrived in the village of Wengen above the Lauterbrunnen valley. Tall ice covered mountains, alpine meadows, waterfalls, cute...
Our next stop was the capital city of Switzerland. Maybe less touristy but similar to Lucerne. Bern is a little quirky but very swiss. Switzerland seems like a country of rule followers. People will...
Lucerne was our first real stop in Switzerland after our one night stop in Appenzell. It is a tourist destination and a real swiss city at the same time. It was clean, efficient, and...
The smallest canton in Switzerland by population is Appenzell. This is a place that hangs on to traditions. Cows are taken to the high meadows and back through town roads on a regular basis,...
This post is about Liechtenstein and my obsession with visiting the micro-countries (you’re next Andorra). We just stopped by on the way to Switzerland for lunch. It really is an interesting place. It’s eight...
We might get tired of alpine beauty by the end of this part of our trip but the Dolomiti are a unique blend of green alpine meadows, quaint little villages, and jagged peaks. This...
Milano was a weird contradiction and doesn’t feel very Italian to me. Why? It’s pretty modern, people are on-time and in a hurry a lot. They don’t have good coffee. Our guide said they...
We had to come back to Lago di Como since it’s just so dang pretty. Last time we stayed in Bellagio but this time we stayed in smaller Varenna which we preferred. Again we...
Florence/Firenze was originally a Roman fort (isn’t everything). It was originally named Florentia simply because of all the flowers in the hills. This evolved into Firenze, which is right at the edge of our...