Paris Disney does not open until 10, but we had to take a train to get there so we were up by 8. A short trip by Metro and a longer trip by RER got us to the park right at 10. It was overcast and chilly, but did not actuallly rain on us during …
We had originally planned to go to Paris Disney today, but the weather threatened rain, so we postponed it for a day. Instead, we headed to Place St. Michel for a free walking tour of the city. We ate croissants while we waited, and then were led on the tour by a young French woman …
We awoke, packed, checked out and took the slow train to Paris. When we arrived, we wasted some time trying to figure out the public transport, as usual, and then made our way to our hotel. The metro stop itself was a bit off putting as it was dirty and crowded with people who didn’t …
We slept in a bit, as our plan for the day was to see the castle at Chenonceaux and the first train did not leave until the afternoon. We explored Tours a bit more in the morning, including checking out the local cathedral and the tourist office. The cathedral was in more of a state …
Woke up and headed to the train station to go to Tours. At the station, however, we were told that there were no more places available for the train to Tours. Instead, we had to take a slow train all the way back down to Lyon and then transfer to a TGV to Paris, then …
We awoke and walked to the train station, stopping for breakfast at a bakery along the way, and then trained to Strasbourg. We had little trouble figuring out how to take the street car to our hotel, but ran into problems when we looked for lunch. It was Sunday, and literally everyplace in the city …
We awoke and had breakfast again in the hostel bar. It was raining even harder outside than ever. We loaded up and took the train back to Interlaken, and from there on to Zug, a smaller city located on the outskirts of Zurich. The original plan had been for us to drop our bags and …
Hard to rank days, but this one has to rank right at the top. We awoke and had breakfast at the hotel, mostly bread and butter and yogurt. Judy wanted a day of rest and so stayed behind and spent the day in the town while Phyllis and the girls and I set out. We …
We left Aix Les Bains before 8. Before leaving, I left two boxes with the hotel desk for them to mail for us. I’m not sure if they’ll make it, though. We took the train to Geneva, then changed and went around the lake, past Lausanne and several pretty hillside towns with vineyards overlooking the …
We we’re up by 9 to catch the train for a day trip to Chaminix, at the foot of Mont Blanc. This was a last minute addition to our itinerary based on a pamphlet we found at the hotel, and we weren’t quite sure what we would find, although it looked very promising. I ran …