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Dolni Dubrouc Family Visit

Dolni Dubrouc Family Visit

Posted on August 14, 2020August 24, 2020 by jim

Taking a trip to the old country to visit Colette’s Bohemian roots. It’s great to have an interpreter in the family to break…

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Mount Snezka Czech High Point

Mount Snezka Czech High Point

Posted on August 13, 2020August 23, 2020 by jim

While we technically could have taken the cable car to the top and checked the Czechia high point off the list, why not…

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Prague Czech Republic

Prague Czech Republic

Posted on August 12, 2020August 24, 2020 by jim

It’s a big album because well – there’s a lot to see in Prague! One of Europe’s Great Cities, there is grand architecture,…

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Sigmaringen Castle

Sigmaringen Castle

Posted on August 8, 2020October 19, 2020 by jim

Wow wow wow! Now this is a German castle! Not quite as impressive as the famous Neuschwanstein castle that the Disney castle was…

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Hohenzollern Castle

Hohenzollern Castle

Posted on August 8, 2020August 31, 2020 by jim

Yet another of Germany’s must-do castles. Since this was on our drive down to Konstanz with several other castles along the route, we…

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Bodensee North Shore

Bodensee North Shore

Posted on August 7, 2020October 19, 2020 by jim

For the final day of our Lake Constance/Bodensee trip, we hopped on the ferry from Konstanz to Meersburg. Meersburg is a cool little…

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Konstanz Germany

Konstanz Germany

Posted on August 6, 2020October 19, 2020 by jim

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

Castle Honberg Ruins

Posted on August 5, 2020August 30, 2020 by jim

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

Posted on August 5, 2020August 30, 2020 by jim

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

Retro Berlin

Posted on July 27, 2020July 29, 2020 by jim

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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Supersize Me

Supersize Me

Posted on July 26, 2020July 31, 2020 by jim

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

East Side Gallery

Posted on July 26, 2020July 29, 2020 by jim

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

Allied Museum Berlin

Posted on July 25, 2020July 28, 2020 by jim

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

Ulm Germany

Posted on July 18, 2020July 21, 2020 by jim

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 Germany

Posted on July 12, 2020July 15, 2020 by jim

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

Murten Switzerland

Posted on July 8, 2020July 13, 2020 by jim

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

Mont Blanc Climb

Posted on July 5, 2020October 15, 2020 by jim

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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Mont Blanc Climb Extras

Mont Blanc Climb Extras

Posted on July 5, 2020July 17, 2020 by jim

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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Aiguille Du Midi

Aiguille Du Midi

Posted on July 4, 2020July 4, 2020 by jim

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

Cosmique Ridge

Posted on July 3, 2020July 4, 2020 by jim

Climbers on the Cosmique Ridge route up the Auguille du Midi.

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Vent du Dragon

Vent du Dragon

Posted on July 2, 2020July 4, 2020 by jim

An album of Eric and Michal climbing the Vent du Dragon on the Auguille du Midi.

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