Florence has been really nice. The weather has been the warmest we’ve had on the trip...sometimes feeling like an early spring day. Places are close enough to walk to. We don’t have to spend time or money on…

It was a pretty simple day. We had an early lunch at the apartment, then headed to the train station to go to Florence. Out of all the modes of transportation we’ve used, trains are probably my favorite…

This morning we woke up early and jumped on the Bernina Express, which took us on a beautiful ride through part of the Swiss Alps. At first it was hard just seeing the snow and not…

Today we hung around the apartment. We did all the laundry because we won’t have a washer for a week. It took at least an hour for me to figure out how to…

Playgrounds seem to be a big thing for us this week. There was another one across the street from our hotel so we stopped by before we left Zürich today. It was…

We went to sleep in Austria and woke up in Switzerland! We arrive around 8:30 am and couldn’t check into our hotel until 2:00, so we…

Today was our last day in Vienna. We checked out of our apartment at 11:00 and thankfully they held our luggage until 3:00. That allowed us to fit in a visit to the Imperial Furniture Collection where we saw…

Today was a special day and a highlight of our time here. We had lunch and caught up with some friends of ours from when we lived in Boston. We went to church together there and now…

We’ve had a busy few days and haven’t had the best internet connection, so I’m trying to catch up on recording this week. We did make it to Zürich just fine...more on that later. This particular day (Monday) we visited the Hofburg Palace…

On our first day in Vienna we went to the Schonbrunn Palace. We couldn’t take pictures inside this one:( The outside was not as ornate as Versailles, but the inside was still…

We had some ups and downs today. We did a great job of getting up and out the door early enough to catch our plane, but the inevitable took place on the way there. Sickness…

Today we stayed home. We needed to rest, do laundry, and pack up to move on from Paris. Days like this are really nice...and honestly the thought of leaving the apartment…

Today we visited the Chateau or Palace of Versailles. This is one of my favorite places in the Paris area that I’ve seen. On our way there we walked by Place de la Concorde (photo is at the end) and even saw a distant view of…

A visit to the Louvre is in the books for today. We went to the Louvre (there for about 6 hours) and back home and still walked 6.5 miles. We had to have walked 3-4 miles just at the museum. This place is HUGE! Nathan and the girls…

Our main stop today was the Musee d’Orsay then we went home early for a relaxing night at home. I still feel like we aren’t on a great schedule. We all have…

As I’ve said before, Nathan and I spent 2 months in France and Italy almost 17 years ago. It’s been interesting to see what I remember and compare how places are different than…

You never know what you’ll see when you walk out the door. Our excursion started with a pack of about 150 rollerbladers gliding down the street. I’m not sure why they were together but…

We certainly warmed up to Paris today and saw some of the greatest sights in the city! Besides that, we walked about 85,000 steps between…