Konstanz Germany
For the first spot on our Lake Constance (Bodensee in German) trip, we stayed on the south side of the lake in Berlingen…
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Castle Honberg Ruins
Yet another castle ruin! We have had these in our Germany map since we got here, and the drive down to Bodensee seemed…
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Hohentwiel Castle
Hohentwiel Castle is the largest castle ruins in Germany, built on top of the Hohentwiel volcano in 914. With many uses over the…
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Retro Berlin
A fun part of our trip was looking at old photos and trying to stand in the same spots. Mostly success, the only…
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The Sun Must Rise
Since I know it will take me a few days to sort through our Berlin photos, here’s one from early this morning for…
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Supersize Me
If I had one word to describe Berlin, it would be OVERSIZED. Building? Make it bigger! Green space? Make it larger! Boulevard? Make…
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East Side Gallery
Photos from the amazing East Side Gallery. All of these paintings are on a 1.3 kilometer long section of the Berlin Wall that…
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Allied Museum Berlin
A few memory photos to help us remember our side trip to the Allied Museum. Since Don was stationed across the road at…
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Ulm Germany
Yet another reason to spend Saturday night in tourist towns. There’s nothing like waking up early on Sunday morning and having the entire…
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Rothenburg Germany
Rothenburg is one of the top-five fairy tale towns in Germany, and with good reason! We have discovered that the hot ticket is…
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Murten Switzerland
Yet another fairytale town on a beautiful Swiss lake. Colette found this on a map as we were doing research for our Franco-Swiss…
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Mont Blanc Climb Extras
Extra photos! Such an amazing climb that I can’t write it all down. Hopefully this set captures the little things – the huts…
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Mont Blanc Climb
With so much information on the family pre-climb page, I’ll just let the photos here do the talking. Here are some extra photos…
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Aiguille Du Midi
Chamonix is the birthplace of modern Alpinism, and THE place to be if you’re a climber. Since Mont Blanc is easily accessible from…
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Cosmique Ridge
Climbers on the Cosmique Ridge route up the Auguille du Midi.
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Vent du Dragon
An album of Eric and Michal climbing the Vent du Dragon on the Auguille du Midi.
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Yvoire France
A perfect little seaside village! Perfect water, perfect views, and a perfect place to spend an hour or three just enjoying the sunshine…
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Lausanne Switzerland
Yet another stop on our Franco-Swiss vacation – Lausanne. Situated on the north shore of Lac Leman (Lake Geneva), Colette thought that it…
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Champvent Castle
One of the many benefits of taking the squiggly roads on the map is stumbling across things like the Champvent Castle. We usually…
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Creux du Van Switzerland
Creux du Van is a cirque, an amphitheatre-like valley formed by glacial erosion. As we were looking for outdoor opportunities along our route…
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Taubenlochschlucht Switzerland
One of the big things about getting out of Zurich was finding some green places to hike. Google never disppoints, and the Taubenlochschlucht…
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