back to Part II Altdorf Altdorf is known for its 14th century resident, Wilhelm Tell. Besides showing off his marksmanship in the famous legend, his story is also about the roots of Swiss Confederacy. On the wet evening the central square of Altdorf is quiet. Everything is closed except a convenience store. There is noContinue reading “07/2023: Switzerland, Austria, Germany – Part III – back to Switzerland”
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07/2023: Switzerland, Austria, Germany – Part II – Castles and towns and hills, oh my!
Back to part I Somewhere between Germany and Austria Because Google led us away from Geneva via a highway, we have not really enjoyed any views of Alps up to this point, but now that we are driving south, the horizon has certainly become much more interesting. A couple of times we even stop atContinue reading “07/2023: Switzerland, Austria, Germany – Part II – Castles and towns and hills, oh my!”
07/2023: Switzerland, Austria, Germany – Part I – to Switzerland and beyond!
Following a well established pattern of getting reasonably priced plane tickets and planning accordingly, the starting point of our first COVID age travel is Geneva. Technically, we were in Dominican Republic this January but that was just a week on the beach, no sightseeing per se, so it’s been more than 3 years for us,Continue reading “07/2023: Switzerland, Austria, Germany – Part I – to Switzerland and beyond!”
01/2020: Andalusia – Part II
For part I of our trip please see 01/2020: Andalusia – Part I Day 5 Gibraltar Well, the forecast did change. It used to show rain for the first 3 days of our trip, now it shows it for pretty much all the other days too. Gibraltar certainly looks extremely wet and still getting sprinkledContinue reading “01/2020: Andalusia – Part II”
01/2020: Andalusia – Part I
This year the vacation came early courtesy of a “regents week”, now that Anne is in a high school, and both Tamara and Anne are screaming for Europe. I guess the memory of 2 rural weeks in Canada and Maine last summer are still fresh, or maybe our trip to the Netherlands and Belgium wasn’tContinue reading “01/2020: Andalusia – Part I”
08/2018: Netherlands and Belgium
This year’s summer trip was the truest representation of the planning strategy for late bookers that we have used more than we wish lately, for the reason mostly related to my work schedule: “find cheap(ish) plane tickets, then find what is interesting to see at that place”. This time this road (or more exactly, flight)Continue reading “08/2018: Netherlands and Belgium”
08/2012: France trip part II: Paris
Although Tamara and I had been in Paris 4 years ago, and a lot of our stay here now was re-visiting the sites we’ve seen and showing them to Anne, I saw something I haven’t before and even Tamara managed to see something new. Day 1 Our first day in Paris is the last dayContinue reading “08/2012: France trip part II: Paris”
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