LUCERNE, SWITZERLAND
The last couple of days have been a whirlwind. We traveled from Germany to Lucerne, Switzerland yesterday. Lucerne has to be one of the most lovely places we have ever visited. Situated on Lake Lucerne and surrounded by the Swiss Alps, everywhere you look is a spectacular view. Yesterday en route we visited the Rhine […]
MAINZ, RHINE RIVER CRUISE AND HEIDELBERG
Just now had a chance to post a few pics. Yesterday we were in Mainz, a beautiful city near Frankfurt…highlight there was the 1000 year cathedral located in the old city. In the shadows of this incredible cathedral, there was a street fair with a farmers market and colorful flower stands. It was a lot […]
GONDOLA RIDE
Our gondola ride was much more than we could have ever imagined. The travel videos and National Geographic articles cannot capture the nuance of sight and sound nor the sense and emotion of being transported along these ancient waterways. The voices of gondoliers calling to each other, the sun and breeze on the Grand […]
VENICE
In “The Art of Travel”, Alain de Botton wrote: “Travelers set off to investigate. In 1739, the poet Thomas Gray undertook a walking tour of the Alps, the first of many such self-conscious pursuits of the sublime, and afterwards reported, ‘In our little journey up to the Grande Chartreuse, I do not remember to have […]
BELLAGIO
The last days of our Italy trip ended with Marcy and I contracting a virus. More on that later, but the after-effects lasted until just a few days ago. We had visions of blogging and sharing stories of our trip, but we just weren’t up to it until now. I can’t believe that it took […]
THE BIG EYE
“It is not JUST coffee.” I can confirm that the travel guides are right about rules for drinking coffee here. We have had a number of cappuccinos, every one of them so far has been a masterpiece of preparation, including the ones we bought at travel stops. (I have mastered “Due cappuccino portale” – or […]
