Archive for October, 2008

Salzburg Austria, Home of Mozart & The Sound of Music

View of Salzburg from Fortress
Home of Mozart and location for the movie “The Sound of Music”, Salzburg was a bit of a last minute choice for a stopover on our journey from Lauterbrunnen to Prague.  Well, what a gorgeous place! The hotel was top stuff too (found on booking.com) -  Hotel Wolf Dietrich and the [...]

Lovely Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland

Lois & Sasha at Lauterbrunnen Railway Station
From Vevey we took a picturesque train journey to Lauterbrunnen.  There was a particularly long tunnel and Sasha entertained herself and us, by making funny faces in the window reflection all the way.
Lauterbrunnen is absolutely beautiful.  We were between seasons – not

Lauterbrunnen Switzerland
summer, not ski season….but the most [...]

Vevey, Switzerland (Swan Lake)

Lake Geneva Vevey behind our hotel
Another big train trip (transit day, as we call it) had us arrive after sundown in Vevey, Switzerland.  Ed’s old school friend, Andrew stays there (he works for Nestle and the head office is in Vevey, which is near Montreaux).

Ed with old school friend Andrew Younger at Glacier 3000

What a [...]

Barga – Bella and Bonnie!

View of the Barga hills from our apartment Villa Sofia
We arrived in Barga after a day of train travel…and oh, what a sight for sore eyes!  As the train came through Lucca in Tuscany and onward to Fornacci di Barga station, we were all looking out of the train windows and thinking how the green [...]

!hola Barcelona!

Lois & Sasha in Gothic Quarter of Barcelona
Barcelona, big and touristy, but lots of fun.  We got the open top bus around to see the sights, the Gaudi architecture was just brilliant, the harbour lovely.  Lois thought the Esprit store was pretty special too!
We enjoyed our best tapas so far here, and were just starting [...]

Jerez de La Frontera…home of the Andalusian Horses

Hi speed Renfe AVE train in Madrid
We arrived in Jerez de La Frontera after a train journey from Madrid. When we

Hotel Guadalete Swimming Pool, Jerez de la Frontera Spain
got to the Hotel Guadalete there was a wedding reception happening.  It was a nice hotel and had a lovely swimming pool (although it was [...]