We left Sigriswil early this morning – after another great Andrea breakfast. She delivered at 7:45 this morning, knowing that we wanted to make the 9:03 bus and we had a huge hill to get our bags up and over. A few rest stops part way up the mountain but we made it. A feat…
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Day 2 and Day 3 in Sigriswil Switzerland
What a start to our day. This morning at 8:30 a knock on the door and this.Homemade bread – Andrea grinds her own seeds for flour. A pitcher of fresh milk (her husband, Peter got it from the farmer this morning). It was heated as they serve coffee very strong and then fill the cup…
Sigriswil Switzerland
Today we moved from Wolhusen to Sigriswil. The bigger centres close by the villages would be Lucerne to Interlaken or Thun. We took part of the Scenic Golden Pass Trainline which makes the journey from one city to the other into a great experience. During a train ride of roughly two hours, we saw crystal…
Jumping off a mountain in the sunshine!
The sun is shining this morning and everything looks even greener and more beautiful than before. I am excited, a little nervous, but more excited. I had mentioned to Jim once, while we were watching The Amazing Race – that I would love to paraglide. He filed that away – like loving husbands do, and…
Pissed on Mount Pilatus.
It was a day and a half! We woke up our first morning in Wolhusen, Switzerland to spitting rain. We couldn’t waste a Switzerland day – this was a bit of a splurge for us to begin with, so we didn’t want to waste a minute. We donned double layers, toques, mitts, and found our…
Switzerland
Switzerland was a hard call for us. We really wanted to include it in our itinerary but all of the research we did indicated that it would be a very very expensive leg of the journey. This was not a two week holiday for us – this was a dream of being able to travel…
Last Tastes of Austria (literally)
Today is our last day in Vienna. We always try to take a mid- morning train to our next destination but it was fully booked so we booked seats on the 7:46 train tomorrow. We have to be up and at it early, which means laundry and packing tonight – so we got out and…
Vienna and Happy Birthday Jim
Next stop is the city of Vienna. It was a full day on the train so by the time we arrived, bought some supplies and settled in to our little (but cute)Airbnb, our day was done. The adventure won’t start till tomorrow, Jim’s birthday! It’s cold here. Not only cold for us after the warm…
The Hack’s off to Austria – Land of Great Grandpa Hack
We spent our last Venice Day seeing a few sites we had missed – The Rialto Bridge and the Grand Canal beyond St. Mark’s Square. We took the Water bus, got a great outside seat and let it be our very cheap tour guide for awhile. Venice really is a beautiful and such a unique…
Venice – Last day with Heather and Brad
Heather and Brad fly back to Regina tomorrow. It’s been so great to have them here. We are going to spend the day getting to know Venice together. I had booked a walking tour with Federico months ago. He would meet us in St Mark’s Square at 9 am and teach us about Venice. It…