Category: Europe Travel Diary (2017)

September 13, 2017 - We didn't need to be anywhere early on this morning so we woke up a little later. Our check out time for our Airbnb was 11:00 am, but our train to Naples wasn't until 2:40 pm. So we decided we would plan to leave with all of our things at 11:00… Continue reading Day 15: Traveling from Rome to Sorrento

September 12, 2017 - We let ourselves sleep in a bit this morning and didn't get up until around 8:00 am. I think we were both starting to feel the effects of walking 10+ miles per day and lack of sleep. Traveling with those packs every 2 - 3 days wasn't a cake walk either.… Continue reading Day 14: Colosseum and Rome Sightseeing

September 11, 2017 - Our early morning skip the line Vatican tour with What a Life Tours had us up before the sun. We were to be at What a Life Tours office by 7:10 am. Since we were walking, we had mapped out the route the night before so we knew exactly when to… Continue reading Day 13: Early Morning Vatican Tour and Rome Sightseeing 

September 10, 2017 - When we got to Florence and were looking ahead to our day traveling to Rome we noticed that our train left out of a different station than we came in to. This threw a wrench in things because one of the reasons why I chose the Airbnb that I did in… Continue reading Day 12: Traveling from Florence to Rome

September 9, 2017 - We started our walk to Tuscany in a Bottle, where our Tuscany wine tour would start, a bit earlier than necessary because I knew I would want to stop and take some crowd-less photos. We were asked to be at the store by 8:30 am so we left our Airbnb at… Continue reading Day 11: Tuscany Wine Tour through Chianti, Italy

September 8, 2017 - We woke up around 6:30 am to gather our things, then we had breakfast in the lobby at 7:00 am. I was so impressed with the breakfast at both of our Swiss hotels. We didn't stay anywhere fancy, but they both had a full-service breakfast. The food was served buffet style, but… Continue reading Day 10: Traveling from Zermatt to Florence by Train

September 7, 2017 - We woke up early (I feel like this should just be assumed going forward) and went down for breakfast around 8:00 am. Our one and only goal for the day was to go up to the Matterhorn Glacier Paradise. Similar to the Gornergrat, Matterhorn Glacier Paradise has discounted tickets in the… Continue reading Day 9: Visiting Matterhorn Glacier Paradise in Zermatt, Switzerland

September 6, 2017 - Another early morning. We were down at breakfast later though, around 8:00 am. Our train to Zermatt from Interlaken wasn't until 1:00 pm, but we wanted to be able to walk around Interlaken a bit before our train so we were trying to get down from Mürren a little earlier. Before… Continue reading Day 8: Traveling from Mürren to Zermatt

September 5th, 2017 - When we planned our trip, Switzerland was difficult because the weather can change on a dime. Our original plan was to paraglide on day 1 then go up to the Schilthorn on day 2. We ended up sticking with our plan, although it was a little iffy. We planned to go up… Continue reading Day 7: Schilthorn and Gimmelwald

September 4, 2017 - We woke up around 6:00 am this morning to go jump off a cliff. Ok not exactly, we ran down a steep slope and then floated over the cliff! I had bought Eric paragliding in Switzerland for his birthday. We had talked about not doing it since it's really expensive, but… Continue reading Day 6: Paragliding and Hiking in Mürren, Switzerland