Day 5 – Seattle & Bainbridge Island
Seattle!!! What a cool city! Yesterday we were so tired from the Portland conference, ending school, travel…. I was happy to train, ride, pool, and sleep. Additionally, our hotel AC broke, so they gave...
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Day 4 – Portland to Seattle
Today was a travel day. Up early and out of the hotel, we headed to Union Station in downtown Portland. It was gorgeous. Train travel is my absolute favorite, and I love seeing the...
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Day 3 – Columbia River Gorge & Mt. Hood
Yesterday was one of my favorite days of the trip so far! After everyone had breakfast, Mamafer, Evan, and I went to the laundromat. They had an arcade, but we didn’t have cash, so...
Day 2 – Gardens, Gondolas, and Grub in Portland, Oregon
This morning, I got up around 5:30am and probably woke everyone else up from there. We kind of chilled in our room until 8:30am, and then we went to a cafe for breakfast. I...
Day 1 – Portland, Oregon
Our summer adventures are off to a great start! Addison is competing at the National Conference for Educators Rising, hence the family trip to Portland. Kendra is one of the club’s advisors, so she...
Day 21 – Back to Venice!
We were sad to leave Castello Belvedere this morning, but it was time to return to Venice. After packing up this morning, we took a taxi to the train station and boarded our non-stop...
Days 18-20 – Desenzano del Garda, Italy
It had to happen. We had to leave Switzerland and say goodbye to our magical Lauderbrunnen apartment in the mountain valley. We took a short bus right outside our apartment to the train station....
Day 17 – Oeschinen Lake Hiking and Swimming
We got up very early today to take three trains and a cable car to Oeschinen Lake, which, according to all the Instagram stories I have watched, is the most beautiful lake in Switzerland. ...
Day 16 – Lake Brienz and Iseltwald
Today we got up really late, and we were going to eat lunch on the mountain, but we slept in too late, so we ate lunch in Lauterbrunnen with a view of the mountains....
Day 15 – Jungfraujoch, Grindelwald, and Lauterbrunnen
We started today with an early train ride through the mountains from Lauterbrunnen to Kleine Scheidegg. We took the first possible train to avoid the massive crowds that tend to gather later in the...
Day 14 – Lucerne, Switzerland
For kicks, I asked ChatGPT to turn this entry into a short rhyming poem. If you want to skip the longer read and just get the highlights, the poem sums the day up pretty...
Day 13 – Stoos Ridge Hike, Switzerland
Today was another hiking day, this time along a beautiful ridge in the Schwyz Alps overlooking the tiny town of Stoos, Switzerland. But first, we had to get there! We took the train from...
Day 12 – Zürich, Switzerland
This morning began in our Zürich apartment with croissants, cereal, fruit, and hard-boiled eggs. Thank goodness for a kitchen. We had every intention of heading straight to the Altstadt, plan in hand and ready...