LuxembourgVianden Castle We are off in our rental car by 9:15am. We are heading to Vianden Castle. It’s supposed to take an hour but it takes us longer due to some inadvertent side trips.We follow a huge curve in the road and there it is, looming from a high hilltop; Vianden Castle.Once again we are walking uphill, but my legs are feeling much better today.I thoroughly enjoy the castle tour. …
BaselTravel to BaselIt’s overcast and cool today. We leave early because we have a 3.5 hour drive to drop off the rental car at the Basel Airport.My leg muscles are sore from all the up hill climbing we did yesterday.From the airport it is an easy and convenient bus ride to the rail station and then a fifteen minute walk to our hotel.Our hotel stay includes a complementary transit …
Castles and MountainsHohenschwangau Castle It is another warm and sunny spring day. From Feldkirch, Austria we drive about two hours to the town of Fussen in Bavaria, Germany.We had originally planned to come here when we were visiting Munich a number of years ago… unfortunately, we had attended Oktoberfest the previous day and were not up to visiting on the scheduled day. Fussen is in the mountains and there are …
From Switzerland to Liechtenstein to AustriaRapperswil We say goodbye to our friendly Airbnb hostess in Lucerne and head out.Our first stop is the hometown of our neighbour Stefan – our favourite Swiss person. The town is Rapperswil and is very pretty. As we drive into the town, a castle looms up over a lake. “That must be Stefan Schloss”, John jokingly says.The town has numerous churches and pretty squares while the …