View From The Castle
December 16, 2019 in Germany ⋅ ☁️ 43 °F
Some of my favorite views of the day were of the towns below the castles and out the windows. You can really see how the towns are laid out and how distant from each other they are.
Reminds me ofRead more
Schloss Neuschwanstein
December 16, 2019 in Germany ⋅ ⛅ 41 °F
Bucket list ticked off. It was an adventure in itself to get to the castle(s). Bus and a very long walk. My suggestion is to pay the money and have the horses take you up. The tours were short and noRead more
Favorite Food
December 16, 2019 in Germany ⋅ ⛅ 41 °F
I call it Mac and cheese. Here it is Spaetzle.
Sounds so much more “grown up”.
Austria, Tirol
December 17, 2019 in Germany ⋅ ☁️ 43 °F
Made it to Reutte Austria in the Tirol region. I’m trying to get to a suspension bridge. Easier said than done but I’m off to a good start.
Fort Cladia and Burg Ehrenberg
December 17, 2019 in Austria ⋅ ☁️ 48 °F
This is a trio of castles from between 1293 and 1741. Unlike some of the restored castles I’ve seen these are mostly ruins. Fort Claudia named after Claudia de Medici is a defensive position ofRead more
More Friends and a Few Castles
December 17, 2019 in Austria ⋅ ☁️ 45 °F
I read about the suspension bridge in Ehrenberg. The 150 bus took me right to the gate. However, the road is narrow and so to get back, the 150 bus has to go all the way to the next town. So TwoRead more
Alps
December 17, 2019 in Austria ⋅ ☁️ 46 °F
Crossed over the alps today. Unlike the Von Traps, I did it via train. I’m now in Austria. The mountains are tall and the valleys are green, which is a great contrast. The villages are in the wideRead more
Innsbruck, Austria
December 17, 2019 in Austria ⋅ ☁️ 48 °F
First Impression made me think if San Francisco and Vail got together and had a kid. Graffiti, which I never saw in Germany, and brightly colored ski clothes on everyone. It is colorful and a littleRead more
Innsbruck
December 18, 2019 in Austria ⋅ ⛅ 39 °F
A little of this and that. Gondola to the “Top of Innsbruck”. A castle, the worlds oldest museum and a panorama. Capping off the evening with a Tirolean dinner theater. Whew!
Required Yodeling
December 18, 2019 in Austria ⋅ ⛅ 43 °F
The Tirolean dinner theater with yodeling and alphorns. The yodeling sounded perfectly Disney.
Swarovski Crystal World (kristallwelten)
December 19, 2019 in Austria ⋅ ☁️ 43 °F
I had no idea what to expect here but it was really excellent. 16 rooms, each created by a different designer or artist incorporating crystals into everything. The spaces were multi-dimensionalRead more
Hofkirche
December 19, 2019 in Austria ⋅ ☁️ 50 °F
The location of Maximilian the firsts Cenotaph. However, he is not interned here. It is very beautiful. There is so much symbolism and thought that went in to creating it. It wasn’t finished untilRead more
The 3 Country Plan
December 20, 2019 in Austria ⋅ ⛅ 41 °F
Today my plan is to leave Innsbruck, stop in Liechtenstein, overnight in Chur, Switzerland. Easy peasy.
Landeck, Austria
December 20, 2019 in Austria ⋅ ⛅ 43 °F
I wonder why here, the snow is low on the pasture and hills above are green. The opposite of Innsbruck. First photo is Landeck, second is Innsbruck.
Lunch in Liechtenstein
December 20, 2019 in Liechtenstein ⋅ ☁️ 55 °F
One of the smallest countries in the world. Under a monarchy, in the mountains bordering Austria, Germany, and Switzerland. In my mind the country should look a cross between Hogwarts andRead more
Chur to Brig
December 21, 2019 in Switzerland ⋅ ⛅ 32 °F
Today’s adventure I took the Glacier Express. It was Similar to the Polar Express. The train was nice with panorama windows. However, I think any other train would have been fine and I could haveRead more
Money
December 22, 2019 in Switzerland ⋅ ☁️ 32 °F
They say that things are expensive in Switzerland and I would agree to an extent. Eating out and the extra tourist things are indeed expensive. The market food items are only slightly higher than IRead more
Visp to Zermatt
December 22, 2019 in Switzerland ⋅ ☁️ 32 °F
So far the best views. I keep seeing construction sites and check out this roof!
TravelerLooks like slate. Only more gray than I'm used to seeing. Do you think it might be concrete tiles?
TravelerIt was indeed slate or whatever the native rock around is called. I didn’t see many houses that use it though. Most of the “old” buildings have a stone foundation and then are wood for the main construction. I would thin the slate is too heavy on wood with you’d need to go all stone construction.
St. Nicklous
December 22, 2019 in Switzerland ⋅ ☁️ 32 °F
If your town is named St. Nicklaus you decorate as required.
Zermatt
December 22, 2019 in Switzerland ⋅ ☁️ 27 °F
Similar to Vail. Would be an interesting place to spend a couple of weeks. Maybe work?
Whymper-Strube Meal
December 22, 2019 in Switzerland ⋅ 🌬 30 °F
Complete Swiss meal with rachlette (a slab of toasted cheese). Except they served French fries with the steak it was perfect.
It must have been one of the other 57 versions of Heinz as it tastedRead more
TravelerThat looks like a lot of food! 3 course meal Is that Pachetto or another cured meet on the 1st round? Looks like you should have bread or crackers for the cheese dish. Was the desert worm or cold?
TravelerThe cheese was melted and gooey. Which makes it easy the eat. Like a fondue, pick up some cheese add a bite of potato the meat was dry dried. More dry than panchetta. The desert was apricot sorbet covered in apricot liquor. It wasn’t super sweet which was great. The steak was a little undercooked and it was small so the meal was very manageable. Turned out to be my only meal of the day. Dinner was a snack of cheese and crackers from Migros take-away.
Swiss Wine
December 22, 2019 in Switzerland ⋅ ⛅ 30 °F
Near Sierre I spy vineyards. I had a glass of Swiss wine last night. Tasted just fine.
Brig to Montreux (19th train)
December 23, 2019 in Switzerland ⋅ ❄️ 28 °F
1 hour to Montreux. Then 2 hours for a walk-about. Then on to the 11:47 Golden Pass to Zweismen and on to Interlakken. Sounds busier than it will be.
Montreux
December 23, 2019 in Switzerland ⋅ 🌧 39 °F
Interesting lakeside City. Queen and Freddie Mercury recorded here as well as several others. I saw the lake and then all of these things. Each caught my eye.
Montreux Electronics
December 23, 2019 in Switzerland ⋅ 🌧 39 °F
I’m not sure if the prices are good or comparable. The sunglasses have built in Bose speakers. When I put them on the sound was great. Not sure how to use them on top of my glasses.
TravelerWe used to live in Mannheim Germany, ate this all the time and loved it!