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Barcelona, Spain
Barcelona is a huge urban city. We were a little nervous after reading review after review that summed it up as basically “a big dirty city”, but it turned out to be a very pleasant stay. Day one We arrived in Barcelona late and did our best to navigate its train system. We pretty much followed […]
Venice, Italy
Venice turned out to be a fun detour. It was so spot-on to what we expected it to be that it almost felt like we were in some kind of theme park complete with gondoliers, crooked alleyways, and an uncountable number of tourists. Day one We arrived in Venice in the early evening and made […]
Genova, Italy
Genova as a good change of pace from Belaggio. We were in Genova for two days and didn’t hear any English at all in the city (except for the young woman who checked us into our hotel; I think she was a student and anxious try out her English skills). Genova is Also a VERY […]
Bellagio, Italy
Belaggio is a tiny resort village on the mountainous shores of Lake Como. There’s not a lot to do there other than exploring little shops, eating, and enjoying the view. This was a good thing. It forced us to relax a bit. Day one (September 23) This was a lazy day. We walked around the town and […]
The Bernese Alps
The regional train from Lucerne brought us as far as Interlaken, where we had to switch to the mountain-climbing variety. From there, the train carried us up to Lauterbrunnen, which if you’re driving a car, is as far as you can go. All of the villages at higher elevations are inaccessible by automobile. We changed […]