Enjoying Switzerland

As I mentioned in our previous post, I planned to write about our summer travels, but believe it or not, they’re all still up in the air. Two weeks ago things were looking promising, borders were opening and the vax …

Crossing a new border

I told Steven that as soon as I got that post about the Dordogne written I had lots of ideas for other posts I would write while we were in Sens. Because not long after we arrived back here, just …

Lugano: A Homecoming

Of all the places we were to visit during our time in Switzerland, I was most looking forward to Lugano, which is a sort of homecoming for me. I moved to Lugano in 1972 when I was 15 years old …

Swiss Friends

We left Interlaken and made our way to another lake town, Estavayer-de-Lac. This little town had been on and off our schedule multiple times as we plotted and re-plotted our path into and through Switzerland. Estavayer is a little medieval …

Interlaken and the Alps

The sun was still beating down on us as we made our way off the mountain from Engleberg and headed toward one of Switzerland’s most popular places, Interlaken. By the time we arrived at our campsite, I insisted we should …

Lucerne and Engelberg

As mentioned in our previous post, when we crossed the border, we were stopped only to make sure we paid our toll costs/road tax while in Switzerland. What you purchase at this stop is actually a vignette, or as we …