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Day 2
... in a mug which you get to keep to remember your trip. We ate dinner at a street vendor and I had bratwurst. Not a big deal but my brothers and sister will get a kick out of the fact that my mom ate anything from a street vendor. Next stop Germany- the Black Forest and Colmar. Colmar was one of sites of World War II ...
Arriving in Basel
We arrived earlier this afternoon in Basel. Flight delayed 30 minutes leaving Houston so had to run to catch plane in Frankfurt. Needless to say no pictures and for those of you that know my history, no luggage. Lufthansa is saying 50,000 bags are stranded in Frankfurt. Hopefully I will get it before we leave on cruise. Going exploring in a ...
Switzerland - Day 14
... bonding session that did not need any translation, drawing doodles in the snow is apparently a universal conversation starter.
It was challenging work hiking in the snow up this Mountain with the altitude difference and the lack of recent regular exercise did not help, it was a lot of fun though and we all thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. A fairly common sight to see were young children walking up the track with their parents only ...
Switzerland - Day 13
... the end we felt confident enough to hit the big kids danger zone, a sledge track through a small Forrest on the side of the slope. This was so much fun until Tommy got hit with a snow ball then almost crashed into a tree, shaking his fist at little 10 year old girls hiding behind a lodge attacking those who go through. We continued on the track down a massive drop where Tom speared into the ground which did not look too comfortable and then headed to the bottom of ...
Switzerland - Day 12
It is so nice to sleep in a real bed and not in a hotel room, we loved it so much we slept in. Today's plan was to head to Lucerne to see the sites and look around Switzerland with our own personal tour guide, Petra. We did exactly as we had planned however we didn't get to see much, you see there was an out of the ordinary snow fall that covered most of Switzerland, it was so heavy you couldn't see too far ahead it was outrageous! Petra believes ...