View From The Castle
16 december 2019, Duitsland ⋅ ☁️ 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 ofMeer informatie
Schloss Neuschwanstein
16 december 2019, Duitsland ⋅ ⛅ 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 noMeer informatie
Favorite Food
16 december 2019, Duitsland ⋅ ⛅ 41 °F
I call it Mac and cheese. Here it is Spaetzle.
Sounds so much more “grown up”.
Austria, Tirol
17 december 2019, Duitsland ⋅ ☁️ 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
17 december 2019, Oostenrijk ⋅ ☁️ 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 ofMeer informatie
More Friends and a Few Castles
17 december 2019, Oostenrijk ⋅ ☁️ 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 TwoMeer informatie
Alps
17 december 2019, Oostenrijk ⋅ ☁️ 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 wideMeer informatie
Innsbruck, Austria
17 december 2019, Oostenrijk ⋅ ☁️ 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 littleMeer informatie
Innsbruck
18 december 2019, Oostenrijk ⋅ ⛅ 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
18 december 2019, Oostenrijk ⋅ ⛅ 43 °F
The Tirolean dinner theater with yodeling and alphorns. The yodeling sounded perfectly Disney.
Swarovski Crystal World (kristallwelten)
19 december 2019, Oostenrijk ⋅ ☁️ 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-dimensionalMeer informatie
Hofkirche
19 december 2019, Oostenrijk ⋅ ☁️ 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 untilMeer informatie
The 3 Country Plan
20 december 2019, Oostenrijk ⋅ ⛅ 41 °F
Today my plan is to leave Innsbruck, stop in Liechtenstein, overnight in Chur, Switzerland. Easy peasy.
Landeck, Austria
20 december 2019, Oostenrijk ⋅ ⛅ 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
20 december 2019, 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 andMeer informatie
Chur to Brig
21 december 2019, Zwitserland ⋅ ⛅ 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 haveMeer informatie
Money
22 december 2019, Zwitserland ⋅ ☁️ 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 IMeer informatie
Visp to Zermatt
22 december 2019, Zwitserland ⋅ ☁️ 32 °F
So far the best views. I keep seeing construction sites and check out this roof!
ReizigerLooks like slate. Only more gray than I'm used to seeing. Do you think it might be concrete tiles?
ReizigerIt 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
22 december 2019, Zwitserland ⋅ ☁️ 32 °F
If your town is named St. Nicklaus you decorate as required.
Zermatt
22 december 2019, Zwitserland ⋅ ☁️ 27 °F
Similar to Vail. Would be an interesting place to spend a couple of weeks. Maybe work?
Whymper-Strube Meal
22 december 2019, Zwitserland ⋅ 🌬 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 tastedMeer informatie
ReizigerThat 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?
ReizigerThe 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
22 december 2019, Zwitserland ⋅ ⛅ 30 °F
Near Sierre I spy vineyards. I had a glass of Swiss wine last night. Tasted just fine.
Brig to Montreux (19th train)
23 december 2019, Zwitserland ⋅ ❄️ 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
23 december 2019, Zwitserland ⋅ 🌧 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
23 december 2019, Zwitserland ⋅ 🌧 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.
ReizigerWe used to live in Mannheim Germany, ate this all the time and loved it!