Well we ran out of time on our Schengen Area visas so we had to leave Europe. It was a really great 3 months and we will be excited to go back. Fortunately we weren’t too sad to leave Europe because our next destination was China! We have spent …
Sarah and I have arrived at our home for three weeks and are getting settled in. It’s a little hotel called Landhotel Bierhäusle (http://www.bierhaeusle-feldberg.de/index_en.html) run by a family with two young children in a small town in the Black Forest called Falkau. Here’s a map to get you oriented: We …
Obviously I miss family and friends, no one needs to hear about that kind of thing but what might be interesting is hearing what differences have made me wish for the American way of doing things. Then there are the things we’ve run into that we are going to miss …
We arrived in Bern after a short train ride from Gruyeres and were met at the train station by our host, Yimu. He walked us back to his place and a great 3 days commenced! He lives right in the middle of old town, the coolest and most touristy part …
Last night we arrived in Gruyeres and had fondue, which was a great start to our visit of the region that produces Sarah’s favorite (readily available) cheese of all time. Today we set out to experience more of the things the region is famous for and we certainly succeeded! We …
Today has been pretty unremarkable by our current standards, we traveled from Kandersteg to Gruyeres (both in Switzerland), walked and biked around the village we’re staying in, had some fondue and saw a nice sunset over some interesting looking mountains. What we really need to talk about is the alps. …
Yesterday our AirBnB host pointed to the picture on the front of her book of a man in a harness clinging to the side of a cliff and said “tomorrow we do this, you want to come?”. Of course we said yes, so this morning we were picked up by …
Today Sarah and I decided that after our 9 hours of hiking yesterday (including breaks) we should take it easy. So we started the day with a 45 minute hike up to Furi, which is essentially a collection of restaurants at the first stop of the gondola between Zermatt and …
Hey everyone! Let’s start with a pretty picture of alpenglow from the balcony of a guest house we stayed in! I’m very sorry I haven’t posted anything in so long! Obviously the travel log thing isn’t going as well as I’d hoped. I am still recording as we go, but …
Pretty early on Friday we got on a bus heading from London to Winchester to stay with a friend. We got off the bus in a really nice looking downtown area with some beautiful gardens next door. Our friend was there to pick us up and we headed off to …