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 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...
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 10 – Hiking Mt. Patscherkofel in the Austrian Alps
I started off the day by waking up to my sister’s very loud alarm at around 7:00 am. Then, I got ready for the big hike up Mt. Patscherkofel (my moms did this hike...
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...