Home again home again
July 7, 2016 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 59 °FCats are fine. House is fine. Nice to be home, but we are in a post-Competitours slump.
Cats are fine. House is fine. Nice to be home, but we are in a post-Competitours slump.
Russell got taken aside for an extra security briefing, so I am just waiting for him to return so we can board.
All fine! Boarded and on our way home.
Last chance to use up Swiss francs.
We returned to Zurich for one day because this is our departure city. We checked into the same hotel, got the same room, and went to eat in the place we had eaten twice before.
We kind of feel likeRead more
Last chance to use up Euros.
We were on our way to the Salzburg airport when we discovered that our departure time had been moved up an hour. Fortunately the flight was then late and the airport was easy. Forty minutes from hotelRead more
We all (well, except for the 4 people who had already left) ended up gathering in the hotel restaurant and sitting outside to enjoy one last meal together. Suddenly it started raining. We were allRead more
Our final challenge was to go on a tour on the gardens of Schloss Hellbrunn and count all the water jets we could find. The guy who built this castle had a twisted sense of humor and he installed allRead more
To get us from the ice caves to the next challenge, Steve arranged for a local tour guide group to provide us some transport in their vans. This organization evidently specializes in taking people onRead more
Our first challenge today was to go through these caves in Austria with amazing ice formations. Once inside the caves, there were about 700 steps (up and then 700 down) and about a mile and half ofRead more