** Travel Treasures **
From one extreme to another - 5℃ to 32℃ (with 1000% humidity). Actually it wasn't too bad and we were able to check in to our hotel early which was a godsend as Me Jenny didn't sleep at all on the plane. Me? yep, clocked at least 7/11.5 hours. #professionalsleeper This was the view from... Continue Reading →
Today is our last day in Rapperswil-Jona, our last day in Switzerland and our last day in Europe! The last few days the temp has plummeted and this morning we had to wear nearly everything we packed while we braved our last wander around town and walk along the lake in a top of 5℃.... Continue Reading →
Well, we did it again. We said we would and we did. We can even post they same pic, 'cause we ordered the same thing! Thank you Hintergasse Cafe. We didn't go straight there after breakfast though, we did a lot of walking around first. Remember how there was 75 hairdressers in Chur? (which worked... Continue Reading →
Day 2 in the lovely Rapperswil... today we turned right and found some more lovely streets, buildings and doors... And we also found a shop where you can buy all your guns, knives and picnic necessities... a one stop shop! There were lovely art shops - nothing was open though except for the fun/knife/kitchen/picnic shop...... Continue Reading →
Today we said goodbye to Chur, the Bernina train and to the lovely Chur wall art... We followed the edge of Lake Zurich until we reached the town of Rapperswil-Jona. Rapperswil was founded back in 1229 and then about 760 odd years later, my cousin, Chris lived here. It was on her recommendation that we... Continue Reading →
We crossed the boarder and already we're feeling Italian. Our hotel was directly opposite the train station, which was incredibly handy... That's the train station = right there. It was such a beautiful day, we dropped our bags and headed for the old town. Well look at that... all roads do lead to Roma! Warning:... Continue Reading →
Our main reason for coming to Switzerland was to ride the Bernina Express - a train with extra tall viewing windows that travels from Chur, through the Swiss Alps to Tirano, just over the Italian boarder. We had the most amazing day today. The sun was shining and the scenery was breathtaking. So prepare yourself... Continue Reading →
We had a big sleep in and didn't leave the hotel until about 10.30, but you could have shot a cannon down any of the streets in the old town and not have come close to hitting anyone for another couple of hours. It was so quiet. There was some cute wall art... I know... Continue Reading →
We're in Switzerland! To be more precise, we're in Zurich for the morning before we catch the train down to Chur - pronounced Kürr... (don't make the mistake we made 😬). So this morning we are just gonna wander the old town, cause that's our thing. We're staying right near the train station and walking... Continue Reading →
Thanks for this Wikipedia: According to some medieval chronicles, the name Buda came from the brother of Attila, King of the Huns, and Buda was a popular person's name in use at the time. Another story is that Atilla killed his brother, Buda and threw his body in the Danube... Other sources (including our tour... Continue Reading →
Today was Bratislava and this was our view on arrival. We were about 500 metres or so from the old town and joined our 'gentle' walking tour. At this stage of the trip everyone is tired and the people with mobility difficulties seem to be walking slower and slower, so today was hard going. Also... Continue Reading →
Today's view on waking... Modern Vienna. But on the other side of the ship was old Vienna and where we are headed today for a little bus ride around the ring road, which is where all the important buildings are located and then a small walking tour... Vienna is all about the beautiful architecture, the... Continue Reading →
Today's first stop was Melk and visit to the Abbey. Me Jenny and I have visited the Abbey before and decided to sit this one out for a slow quiet morning. But we could see it from where the ship was docked... Then we cruised through the Wachau Valley - one of the prettiest sections... Continue Reading →
Me Jen and I had been looking very much forward to visiting ÄŒesky Krumlov. On our last visit, because of the flooding on the Danube, we had to bypass a couple of stops and ÄŒesky was one of them. ÄŒesky Krumlov... or just Krum as the locals call it is a 2 hour bus journey... Continue Reading →
Our morning looked a little foggy... and we passed some interesting looking things along the way to Regensburg. We started off the day (11.30am) with a special Bavarian lunch - complete with huge beers as big as Jenny's head. She could hardly hold it up with her little arms. They had a buffet of all... Continue Reading →
No this is not a typo - this seems to be how German speakers pronounce Nuremberg, so I'm going with it. This was my view on waking this morning... a little less picturesque than past days, but if I'm honest, my memory of Nuremberg from 14 years ago was not favourable, so I wasn't expecting... Continue Reading →
As you know we turned off the Rhine and onto the Main River at Mainz, then just before our next stop of Bamberg, we turned onto the Main-Danube canal. The connection between the Main and the Danube, effectively connecting the Rhine and Danube. There was a bit of time onboard as we went through many... Continue Reading →
This was my view today... We actually turned off the Rhine River yesterday at the town of Mainz (pronounced Minez) and now we are on the Main River (pronounced Mine). Our stop today is Würzberg. And getting there was juts beautiful. I mean.... look! It was like being in a real life Turner painting. That's... Continue Reading →
I flung back my curtain to this scene this morning... The choice for the day was between two big walking tours back to back and a bus ride in the middle or staying on the boat. We decided to stay onboard. Then we sailed into Miltenberg where all the tours were starting from... Then we... Continue Reading →
We were going to wake early this morning and get down to breakfast early and take in the scenery from the lounge with accompanying commentary by the Tour director, Wes. Instead we woke at 9am and flipped back the curtain to this lovely scenery flying past... We missed most of the commentary and had to... Continue Reading →