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- Dag 15
- mandag den 10. juni 2024 kl. 10.44
- ⛅ 25 °C
- Højde: 22 m
- Italien Forum at Pompeii 40.749263, 14.48483840°44’57” N 14°29’5” E
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Pompeii and Wine Tasting
10. juni 2024, Italien ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C
Today we hopped on the train and took a guided tour through the ruins of Pompeii. We learned a lot about the 79 AD eruption of Mount Vesuvius (teehee) that covered the city. Highlights include the heated sauna room, the bakeries, and the water collection/distribution systems.

We took a drive from the ruins to the side of Vesuvius for a wine tasting. Unfortunately, the tasting wasn’t all that we had hoped for, but we still got to meet some cool people from Australia and Massachusetts!

We ended our night my stumbling upon an amazing seafood restaurant on the beachfront near our apartment. We were able to eat with the sounds of the waves enhancing the flavours of our fresh fish.Læs mere
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RejsendeI giggled twice……. Fresh seafood is so wonderful!
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- Dag 16
- tirsdag den 11. juni 2024 kl. 11.30
- ☁️ 23 °C
- Højde: 203 m
- Italien Villa Lysis 40.559167, 14.25942840°33’33” N 14°15’34” E
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Capri Boat Tour
11. juni 2024, Italien ⋅ ☁️ 23 °C
For our last full day in the south of Italy, we took an early boat to the beautiful island of Capri. We decided to hike to a villa on the eastern tip of the island to escape the crowds and overpriced restaurants. What we found was a beautiful property with even more beautiful views! It was built be a French noblemen/opium addict who was exiled from civilization in the early 19th century.

After sharing a lemon sorbet served out of a lemon (!) we got back on the boat for a tour around the island. Our captain showed us all the cool sea caves, rock formations, and the very expensive airbnbs (€30k per night!)

Our night ended with wine watching our last italian sunset. ❤️Læs mere
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How beautiful. So enjoying your trip [Judy]
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RejsendeThanks grandma!
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RejsendeLove the adventures you are sharing
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- Dag 17
- onsdag den 12. juni 2024 kl. 13.51
- ☀️ 28 °C
- Højde: 86 m
- Italien Poggioreale 40.870025, 14.2843540°52’12” N 14°17’4” E
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Travel day
12. juni 2024, Italien ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C
We had to try pizza in the pizza birthplace!! We were not disappointed.
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Rejsende Soggy pizza?
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RejsendeSurprisingly, not at all considering how much liquid was on it!
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- Dag 18
- torsdag den 13. juni 2024 kl. 11.02
- ☀️ 16 °C
- Højde: 383 m
- Schweiz Geneva 46.204063, 6.15085346°12’15” N 6°9’3” E
To Geneva!
13. juni 2024, Schweiz ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C
After one quick night in Naples for our early morning flight, we arrived in Geneva and did a bit of touristing around before took another train to Le Landeron to meet the Perrot family. We were immediately shocked at the difference between Italy and Switzerland. Everyone follows the rules of the road here! It’s so clean! Shocking how different the cultures and customs are between every place we’ve visited.Læs mere
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RejsendeWe didn't get to Geneva. Looks really nice. We were astounded at the difference between drivers in France and Switzerland too
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- Dag 19
- fredag den 14. juni 2024 kl. 10.58
- ☁️ 13 °C
- Højde: 684 m
- Schweiz Bataille 46.607042, 7.10957846°36’25” N 7°6’34” E
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Maison Cailler
14. juni 2024, Schweiz ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C
Did you know… chocolate was a gift to the Aztecs from the gods? It was Marie Antoinette’s last meal!? Swiss chocolate is different and considered more luxurious due to the amount of quality milk in it?Læs mere
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RejsendeLoved that place. What surprised me was that the sugar they use is from sugar beet root grown in Switzerland, rather than sugar crane
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Rejsende Indoor cows'. On!y in Switzerland!
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Rejsende Those are some tattoos
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- Dag 19
- fredag den 14. juni 2024 kl. 12.24
- ☁️ 15 °C
- Højde: 819 m
- Schweiz Gruyères 46.58443, 7.08314746°35’4” N 7°4’59” E
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Gruyère
14. juni 2024, Schweiz ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C
One of Lauren's favorite places of her time in Switzerland. Gruyère has a certain magical quality about it that is hard to explain until you're there. Thomas got his first taste of authentic Swiss Fondue! 😍🫕Læs mere
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Rejsende I remember having lunch on the right….
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Rejsende HELLO FRIENDS
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Rejsende Beautiful picture with beautiful company 💜💜
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- Dag 19
- fredag den 14. juni 2024 kl. 20.34
- ⛅ 19 °C
- Højde: 423 m
- Schweiz Beaux-Arts 46.991675, 6.93957546°59’30” N 6°56’22” E
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Festi’Neuch
14. juni 2024, Schweiz ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
Festival in the bigger city where the high school during my exchange was.
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Rejsende My two daughters together again!💜💜💜💜💜
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Rejsende What is it?
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- Dag 20
- lørdag den 15. juni 2024 kl. 13.27
- ⛅ 18 °C
- Højde: 545 m
- Schweiz Bern 46.947958, 7.44850346°56’53” N 7°26’55” E
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Day trip to Bern
15. juni 2024, Schweiz ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
The capital of Switzerland! Ophélie took us on a day trip. We got to visit the famous astrological clock, the underground cellar stores on the pedestrian roads, and the local bears named Björk, Finn and Ursina. They live in an enclosed area near the river.Læs mere
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Rejsende I remover that clock. I was just recently telling dad about it
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Rejsende Dad laughed when he saw the drink!
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Rejsende Did you find the fancy McDonalds?
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- Dag 20
- lørdag den 15. juni 2024 kl. 21.17
- ☀️ 16 °C
- Højde: 427 m
- Schweiz Le Landeron 47.049553, 7.06640347°2’58” N 7°3’59” E
Le Landeron evening walk
15. juni 2024, Schweiz ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C
Such a beautiful and quiet village. Took a walk through the old village.
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- Dag 21
- søndag den 16. juni 2024 kl. 13.18
- ⛅ 19 °C
- Højde: 580 m
- Schweiz Kander 46.711392, 7.64114546°42’41” N 7°38’28” E
🚙➡️Thun
16. juni 2024, Schweiz ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
Ophélie lent us her car for a day trip into the mountains! 😍 The sun showed up for lovely weather all day. First stop was Thun. We drove on the west side of Lake Thunersee all the way down to Interlaken. We explored their old village, stopped for a coffee (naturally), and trekked up to the old château. Such beautiful views. Our original plan was to drive straight to Interlaken, but Paulette and Olivier advised us to make two stops prior for less touristy, and more beautiful in their opinion, towns.Læs mere
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- Dag 21
- søndag den 16. juni 2024 kl. 13.41
- ⛅ 17 °C
- Højde: 561 m
- Schweiz Spiez 46.688572, 7.68984746°41’19” N 7°41’23” E
🚙➡️Spiez
16. juni 2024, Schweiz ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
Next stop, Spiez! Paulette told us this was her favourite place to visit for the view of these mountains and after visiting, Thomas and I would tend to agree! We spent some time sitting up by the château enjoying the clear and colourful views before venturing to a local park/canteen for lunch. We really appreciated the amount of locals of all ages out enjoying the sun and activities offered in the park. One of our favourite places to visit this trip!Læs mere
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RejsendeWelcome to Stunning Spiez...My Village 🙋
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- Dag 21
- søndag den 16. juni 2024 kl. 16.28
- ☁️ 20 °C
- Højde: 576 m
- Schweiz Chlyne Ruuge 46.684967, 7.85705846°41’6” N 7°51’25” E
🚙➡️Interlaken
16. juni 2024, Schweiz ⋅ ☁️ 20 °C
Last stop of the day! Boy were glad to have stopped in the other two towns. This one was more touristy than expected with the designer stores and Indian restaurants everywhere! Very surprising. At this point in the day, we were too tired to go up the cable car for the famous view. We appreciated it from below and wandered for a bit stumbling upon a watch party for a Euro game ⚽️ before heading back home.Læs mere
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- Dag 23
- tirsdag den 18. juni 2024 kl. 12.10
- ☁️ 24 °C
- Højde: 141 m
- Frankrig Strasbourg 48.580345, 7.75121248°34’49” N 7°45’4” E
Strasbourg
18. juni 2024, Frankrig ⋅ ☁️ 24 °C
After a travel and rest day to Basel to meet up with Shafeeq and the girls, Thomas and I borrowed the car and drove up to Strasbourg. I find it so magical here! They have the biggest Christmas market in Europe here during the season, but I think the spirit is there all year (at least in the touristy area, haha!). Check out their church made during the gothic period. It was the tallest building in the world from 1647-1874!! It’s the 6th tallest church in the world now and the highest still standing from the Middle Ages. Impressive!

We ate tarte flambée and I tried the region’s Crémant sparkling wine. Yum yum!Læs mere
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- Dag 23
- tirsdag den 18. juni 2024 kl. 17.00
- ☁️ 29 °C
- Højde: 195 m
- Frankrig Colmar 48.076961, 7.35786248°4’37” N 7°21’28” E
Colmar
18. juni 2024, Frankrig ⋅ ☁️ 29 °C
A stop on the way home from Strasbourg. Alsace is so picture perfect with the wooden framing on the buildings. La magie !✨
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- Dag 24
- onsdag den 19. juni 2024 kl. 12.59
- ☀️ 20 °C
- Højde: 1.611 m
- Schweiz Oeschinensee 46.497578, 7.7121846°29’51” N 7°42’44” E
Oeschinen Lake Hike
19. juni 2024, Schweiz ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
Well we certainly got our butts handed to us! Such a scenic hike. It did seem to keep going up and up and up though… 6 hours later and we just made the last gondola to take us down the mountain. There were several streams to traverse which made the hike more challenging, but thank goodness for them on the very warm day!

Of course we had to stop for a beer amongst the cows and chickens.Læs mere
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- onsdag den 19. juni 2024 kl. 13.00
- ☀️ 20 °C
- Højde: 1.928 m
- Schweiz Oeschinensee 46.504134, 7.72086746°30’15” N 7°43’15” E
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Oeschinensee Panorama Hike
19. juni 2024, Schweiz ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
Today Lauren and I went for a "2-3 hour" hike that ended up being closer to 6 hours. Despite the long and grueling climb (And a couple of poisonous plants), some of the most amazing views of the gorgeous Oeschinensee lake!Læs mere
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RejsendeOh Dear. Hope the rashes from the poisonous plants aren't too bad! Love the views
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Rejsende Hahaha
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- onsdag den 19. juni 2024 kl. 16.36
- ⛅ 20 °C
- Højde: 1.932 m
- Schweiz Oeschinensee 46.50428, 7.72056246°30’15” N 7°43’14” E
Okay, a few more hiking pictures!
19. juni 2024, Schweiz ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
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- Dag 25
- torsdag den 20. juni 2024 kl. 13.28
- ☁️ 23 °C
- Højde: 244 m
- Schweiz Kleinbasel Altstadt 47.561717, 7.58965547°33’42” N 7°35’23” E
Tour around Basel with Shafeeq
20. juni 2024, Schweiz ⋅ ☁️ 23 °C
Thanks Shafeeq for being a great host and tour guide!! Old Basel was stunning and learning about “Big Basel” and “Little Basel” was a good history lesson. The working class used to live on the other side of the river in little Basel then go to big Basel to work/serve the upper class. There is still a feeling of superiority in big Basel today!

For a smaller city, there are plenty of festivals inviting the locals out to celebrate throughout the year! The Fall Festival sounds impressive.

You’ll see the Basilisks in the pictures, a mystical animal unique to Basel. It’s part snake, rooster, and dragon.Læs mere
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- fredag den 21. juni 2024 kl. 12.52
- ☁️ 22 °C
- Højde: 435 m
- Schweiz Le Landeron 47.054401, 7.06461447°3’16” N 7°3’53” E
Back in Le Landeron for a final hoorah!
21. juni 2024, Schweiz ⋅ ☁️ 22 °C
I got to spend the afternoon in Ophélie’s classroom. The students were a treat and it was very interesting/eye opening to see how differently the school in the small village operates compared to our big city schools (mostly about the red tape…)!

Thomas ordered the Québécoise crepe for lunch, haha!Læs mere
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- lørdag den 22. juni 2024 kl. 11.25
- ☁️ 16 °C
- Højde: 423 m
- Schweiz Trois-Portes 46.969902, 6.92849246°58’12” N 6°55’43” E
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Joyeux anniversaire Ophélie !
22. juni 2024, Schweiz ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
Ophélie and her best friend rented a chalet for the evening to celebrate the 25th birthdays. It was quite an impressive set up! There was risotto for dinner and enough to drink for weeks… haha! Everyone came in a costume and some pulled out all the stops.

We went in the morning to help with the set up… hence Thomas with a beer at 11am!! Part of a healthy breakfast…

Lots of fun to see friends from many years ago. A great send off as we head to Paris to fly back home.

You’ll see Ophélie’s godparents singing her a song they wrote. The chorus was easy to catch and had the whole building joining in to sing about her falling asleep in cars and on travels. Good to see some things never change!! Such good laughs.Læs mere
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Rejsende This is adorable
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