Note that I didn’t specify in the title that the thoughts were any good.
Venice day 1
Our apartment appears to be across from some sort of regatta training facility as we’ve been watching a series of rowers set off in ones and twos from the dock our apartment looks over, who loop around the lagoon for a bit, then return. Some of them are serious modern racing boats, low and sleek,…
Good morning
Sunrise over the lagoon in Venice, from our apartment.
Adventure on the train
We reserved tickets for the train to Venice, which was good because it was packed. We found our seats, one already occupied by an Italian woman. The woman next to her swore that we were car 15, not car 6, so we went back along the train and found a conductor in the restaurant car,…
Switzerland isn’t what I expected
I knew in the abstract that Switzerland was composed of over a dozen (turns out it’s 26) cantons, and that different parts of the country were and are greatly influenced by their neighboring sovereign states. What I didn’t expect was how drastically different the country feels, depending on where you are. Our first stay was…
Puppers!
Today was a day trip to Martigny, to visit a very special museum.
Just posting…
…to say that we are currently beneath an Alp, in the Lötschberg-Basistunnel, which has 14K and change of track through it at the moment and has 4G.
This is just to say…
…that the cross poster is inexplicably no longer working for Toby, so you should go look at his post about our fabulous dinner.
This is Rösti
This is also rösti: Before I go on, let me point out something we found on our last big trip – if Texas ever needs to secede, we can form the Texas Toast Axis with Japan. With that in mind – look at those pics. That is hash browns. Hash browns, egg, cheese, and in…
More pics from Lucerne
First, there was this tourist, but I guess she didn’t mind me snapping a pic: Heading up the steps above the Lion of Lucerne. WTF is a gate doing on a small cave? Now I’m sorry I asked. And here’s another one! No, creepy St. Nick, I will NOT join you in there. That is…