Detailed travel logs and trip journals live here. Expect day‑by‑day itineraries (e.g., our Switzerland & Italy trip) with weather notes, meals and family anecdotes, plus posts on museum visits, road‑trips and cruises.
Today’s Stats: Moving Time 3h 54m Distance: 9.2 miles Ascent: 1,656’ Max Elevation: 4,822’ We had the dessert course of our hiking trip today. Today’s hike was an easier hike with some great views and a wonderful trek through history. We started our trip by grabbing a bus from …
Keep reading · 3 minutes: Casaccia to SoglioToday’s Stats: Moving Time: 5h 4m Distance: 9.5 miles Ascent: 3,589’ Max Elevation: 9,124’ Shirley left us this morning. Shirley is one of the happy members of our hiking group and she’s a pretty incredible lady. She has no problem talking but luckily she’s got a wealth of …
Keep reading · 5 minutes: Piz Lunghin SummitToday’s Stats: Moving Time: 4h 58m Distance: 11.9 miles Ascent: 2,506’ Max Elevation: 7,437’ There is something really fun about waking up in one village and walking out of your hotel with your pack on and walking right into your next hotel in another village having used nothing …
Keep reading · 3 minutes: Pontresina to Sils MariaToday’s Stats: Moving Time: 4h 19m Distance: 8.5 miles Ascent: 2,526’ Max Elevation: 9,061’ Last night at dinner our guides presented two different hike options for today. One would be a relatively flat hike for those looking for any easier day. The other would be a day similar …
Keep reading · 4 minutes: Zuoz to PontresinaToday’s Stats: Moving Time: 4h 13m Distance: 9.6 miles Ascent: 2,956’ Max Elevation: 8,520’ When we were in France we spent at least €100 on water in one form or another. The water out of the tap tasted hideous and restaurants treated it like gold. Here in the Engadine region of …
Keep reading · 3 minutes: Zuoz to Chamanna Des-Cha Hut and backFirst of all, let me wish my sister Alona a Happy Birthday! I was on the other side of the world and was unable to get in touch. Hope this is some small consolation for that. 🙂 Today’s Stats: Moving Time: 5h 25m Distance: 12.99 miles Ascent: 2,250’ Max Elevation: 7,365’ Today was …
Keep reading · 3 minutes: Scuol to GuardaI’m sitting in the most luxurious form of transportation that I’ve ever experienced. We are taking a high-speed train from Paris to Zurich. I think we are in first class, it was required to get a reserved seat on the train and it turns out to be a fairly smart idea since we had …
Keep reading · 2 minutes: Planes, Trains and AutomobilesAfter our amazing train ride we arrived in Zurich. Switzerland is such a different place than France. It’s much more multi-national. A lot of different languages; almost all signs were in four different languages. We spent some time at the train station getting Euros changed to …
Keep reading · 3 minutes: Zurich and on to the mountains...In my last note I mentioned how confusing Paris was to get around. Amazingly enough I think I’m starting to get the hang of it however, of course just as we are only a ‘wake up’ away from leaving on to Switzerland. We spent much of the last two days zipping around on the Paris …
Keep reading · 3 minutes: Last Call from Paris!Yesterday was our 2nd anniversary. It seems like it’s been so much longer than two years, in a good way that is. We spent the first half of the day exploring Paris by foot. We walked around in the 8th, 9th, 10th, 2nd and 1st sections or arrondissements of Paris. You see, Paris is …
Keep reading · 5 minutes: Paris Update