Highlights
We have pulled together some of the highlights of our trip. Thinking back over the two weeks, those things that stood out in our...
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Day 14 - Windmills, Cheese, Wooden Shoes, and Fishing Villages
Off on a bus tour through three little towns and a museum devoted to traditional windmills. Our first stop was in Zaanse Schans. The...
Day 13 - Old Masters, Rain, and Hail, and Rain…
Typical Dutch breakfast, then on to the Rijksmuseum, afterwards, exploring in the rain and hail…. The breakfast room in our hotel looks...
Day 12 - Goodbye TUI Isla, Hello Tulips!
Today we had our last breakfast on the TUI Isla then headed to our hotel in Amsterdam, and off to Kuekenhof to see the Tulips. Wow! Just...
Day 11 - Amsterdam’s Canals and Architecture
Amsterdam, Canals and 16th Century buildings, and lots and lots of walking after the canal cruise. This morning we awoke to a blazing...
Day 10 - Cologne Cathedral and Chocolate
Today we woke up in Cologne home to a massive cathedral and the Lindt chocolate museum. We could see the cathedral out our window this...
Day 9 - Castles, Castles and More Castles!
Rudesheim, cable cars, vineyards, castles, castles and more castles. Today was a very full day, we got a great hilltop view of the Rhine...
Day 8 - Sunny Heidelberg
This morning we were moving down river toward Speyer when we got up. We arrived late in Speyer so everyone was waiting with bated breath...
Day 7 - Rainy Strasbourg
Exploring Strasbourg, the New Town, the Cathedral, the old town and Petite France. Strasbourg, like Colmar, is in the Alsace region of...
Day 6 - Breisach Germany and Colmar France a Medieval town
A discovery walk around Breisach and a guided walking tour around Colmar afforded us great views of two medieval towns. The amount of...
Day 5 - Ready for the Rhine
Exploring Basel, a visit from the pigeons, Museum hopping, and boarding the TUI Isla for our river cruise. This morning we had our window...
Day 4 - Goodbye to the Mountains and on to the Rhine
Today we said goodbye to the mountains with a walk to a view point in Wengen, train rides back into the valley, and on to Basel. In Basel...
Day 3 - Mountains, Mountains, and More Mountains!
A panoramic train ride through the lakes and alps of Switzerland, a cog railway ride up to a car free Swiss village, a gondola ride up to...
Day 2 - Luzern Museum Day
We covered many of the museums and exhibits in Luzern, ate traditional Swiss food and we sure got our steps in today. 18,864 steps today...
Day 1 - Wandering around Luzern
We arrived in Zurich this morning, quickly found the train station and boarded the train for Luzern, made our way to our hotel and then...
Getting Excited!
Our time for departure is getting close! Two card playing buddies are trying something new, a river cruise on the Rhine, bookended by...
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