What to Do in Lucca, Italy
What to Do in Lucca, Italy We both agreed that while Lucca doesn’t have the highlights of some of the other Italian towns we visited, it is a relaxing, pretty town that makes for a good 2 …
Where to Go in Southwest Germany?
Where to Go in Southwest Germany? Every year I try to get together with my mom for a week somewhere. This year we met up in Lindau, in Southern Germany, and explored a few highlights of Southwest …
The Shrine that kicked the Tabarnak out of the Capitals
The Shrine that kicked the Tabarnak out of the Capitals Montreal, April 29, 2010. “Café des bois” is situated on the corner of Avenue Mont-Royal and Fullum and is owned by a friendly/ crazy Quebecker …
What’s Heidelberg (Germany) like? Our thoughts
What’s Heidelberg like? Heidelberg is a pretty city that actually reminded us of Salzburg (Austria): about the same size and population, a large castle with great views overlooking a river …
Guide on Bacharach (our favorite German town) and Highlights of the Rhine
Guide on Bacharach (our favorite German town) Bacharach is a small town situated on one of the most scenic stretches of the Rhine river. It is about an hour and a half from Frankfurt, or about 15 …
Feeling ripped off and unhappy in Lucerne, Switzerland
Feeling ripped off and unhappy in Lucerne Ah, yes, what pretty pictures. But Lucerne was like a vain woman – shallow, boring, self-important, and expensive. And if you look again it’s not really that …
Hiking in and around Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland
Hiking in and around Lauterbrunnen (Switzerland) Lauterbrunnen is situated in the Berner Oberland, an area in Central Switzerland containing some of the country’s highest peaks. Lauterbrunnen itself …
Expensive Geneva: is it worth Visiting?
Geneva: is it worth Visiting? Geneva is not a tourist town and doesn’t really have to many highlights as such. It is a pleasant city though, situated on Lake Geneva (also called Lac Leman) with …
Highlights of a trip to Venice, Italy
Highlights of a trip to Venice, Italy Every corner of Venice is another painting. Three days we walked the city, usually getting lost. Tons of alleys, little bridges over canals, squares with …