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Hi friends, welcome back to my Switzerland series! After successfully paragliding through the Lauterbrunnen Valley, Jon and I boarded the gondola up to the tiny mountain village Gimmelwald (not to be confused with Grindelwald). In 2010 the population of this town was only 130 people and the only way to get here is by gondola,…
Hi friends, welcome back to my Switzerland series! After spending the previous day in the Lauterbrunnen Valley, we were heading back into the mountains. This was one of my favorite days of the trip and included an excursion through Grindelwald and up to First Mountain. Jon and I were greeted with another beautiful day and…
Continue reading ➞ Grindelwald, Switzerland – First Mountain & Bachalpsee
Hi friends, welcome back to my Switzerland series! After exploring Mount Titlis, Jon and I headed back down the revolving cable car to the Trübsee intermediary station. Here there are a few places to eat, restrooms (the cable car bathrooms in Switzerland are incredibly clean), a playground, and where you catch the cable car back…
Hi friends, welcome back to my Switzerland series! On our first full day in Switzerland, I looked out the window and there wasn’t a cloud in the sky! Jon and I planned a day trip to the top of Mount Titlis so this was a welcome sight to see. We grabbed some coffee from the…
Hi friends, welcome back to my Germany and Austria series 🙂 This is my final post about our time in Germany before I conclude this series with Austria. After checking out of our hotel, we had a short drive to the Eagles Nest parking lot. Eagles Nest is perched atop Mount Kehlstein, roughly 6,000 feet…
Hi friends, welcome back to my Germany and Austria series 🙂 After our incredible boat trip on Königssee, we hopped back in the car for more sightseeing. When I was planning this trip, I had a list of all the beautiful places I wanted to see and used that to make my itinerary. I knew…
Continue reading ➞ Berchtesgaden, Bavaria – Maria Gern, Hintersee, and Ramsau
Hi friends, welcome back to my Germany and Austria series! After hiking through Partnach Gorge, we headed east to our next stop of the trip, Berchtesgaden. This beautiful area is most known for its National Park, boat rides on Königssee, and Hitler’s Eagles Nest. The drive from Garmisch-Partenkirchen took about two and a half hours…
Hi friends, welcome back to my Germany and Austria series! After leaving the beautiful Eibsee, we drove about forty-five minutes to Walchensee. I originally planned to see this lake on our hike, but we skipped the hike to go up Zugspitze, and spent the afternoon hanging at the lake instead. I was on a mission…
Continue reading ➞ Bavaria, Germany – Walchensee, Geroldsee, and Partnach Gorge
Hi friends welcome back to my Germany and Austria series 🙂 The following morning we had planned to hike, but the sky was so clear that we easily decided to forgo the difficult hike and head to Zugspitze instead. We bought our cable car tickets for 63 euros a person, and then anxiously awaited our…
Hi friends, welcome back to my Germany and Austria series 🙂 On our first full day in Germany, Jon and I packed up our things and then walked a block to Europcar to pick up our rental car at 8:15 am. Even though I heard renting a car in Europe was a breeze, I booked…
Continue reading ➞ Bavaria, Germany – Lake Starnberg & Eibsee