Vienna – wow! What a stunningly beautiful city. We did a very looong walk around because everywhere we turned there was another amazingly preserved beautiful old building or a pleasant park to wander through. The photo below is just an example of buildings that are not special enough to get on any tourist map but…

Mostly just a long travel day today from Interlaken all the way through to Vienna in Austria by train. About 12 hours door to door but the scenery in between Zurich and Linz was fantastic so it didn’t seem so long. We crossed Liechtenstein again – this time in about 10 minutes. On this day…

The sun was out today so a mountain adventure awaited. With a 6:30am start we headed first up to Lauterbrunnen on the train. It is a pretty village in a valley with massive cliff faces either side. Perfect for waterfalls and BASE jumping. Mamfa loves the first but happy to watch the second. There was…

The day started with rain and low cloud so going up into the mountains wasn’t an option. However it cleared enough to do a long hike (17km) around the lake. Started out looking around Interlaken. It seems some people come all the way to Switzerland to take selfies with fake scenery in a special museum…

We spent the morning following the Owl Trail around Dijon. The Owl is the town emblem and they have little markers on the path. It’s a very nice city with lots of interesting buildings and areas to look at. There was a traditional dance competition in a park with the Mexicans the most active. It…