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 …
It rained almost the entire day. I was sick and so slept in until noon, and we mostly spent the day inside. It eventually cleared up sone in the late afternoon, and Phyllis and I went to the post office to buy a box, and then we all walked down to the lake and through …
We took the morning train for a day trip to Geneva, just an hour away by train. After leaving the station, we stopped for breakfast at a Starbucks. Despite barely getting anything, we were stunned to discover that the bill came to $40, confirming what I had read that Geneva was an extremely expensive city. …