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...
Category: Sightseeing
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 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 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...
Day 11 – Vaduz, Liechtenstein
We had a relaxed morning packing up and heading out of Innsbruck for our next stop in Zurich. On the way, we took a quick stop in the sixth smallest country in the world...
Day 9 – Salzburg to Innsbruck
We had an early morning departure from the Salzburg train station. It was a bit chaotic as we got ready to board the train, but we managed to get ourselves settled among the folks...
Day 8 – Hellbrunn Palace, Mirabell Gardens, and Augustiner Brau!
Today we woke up to the sun shining! After a quick breakfast of chocolate croissants and cappuccinos, we headed to the bus stop near our hotel and hoped aboard a local bus to Hellbrunn...
Day 7 – Rain, Umbrellas, and a Bit of Mozart: A Family Day in Salzburg
Today marks one week since we began our European adventure—and somehow, it already feels like it’s flying by. Salzburg greeted us this morning with cold drizzle and a steady, soaking rain that lasted nearly...
Day 6 – Salzburg, Austria
I woke up to the church bells of Salzburg. The first we thing we did today was eat breakfast at the hotel. My family went down without me while I finished getting ready. I...