We knew we wanted to take advantage of a full day in Edinburgh before we leave on our road trip around Scotland. We had morning tickets booked to visit the Edinburgh Castle. We spent about 2 and half hours at this interesting castle. It provided great views of Edinburgh and of course, just like many…
Adios, Amsterdam! We hopped onto a ferry boat – that was basically the size of a cruise ship – to head toward the United Kingdom. I stumbled across this transportation option when researching ways on getting from Amsterdam to Scotland. We knew we wanted to drive around the northern parts of Scotland, so it made…
Our last full day in Amsterdam dawned earlier than usual for us. (By the way, the sun is up around 5:30/6 am here! Then it doesn’t get dark until well after 10pm). Learning from my previous experience in Amsterdam, I bought advance tickets for us to visit the Anne Frank house. Last time I was…
After a few amazing days in Switzerland, it was time for us to pack up and move on once more. We caught a train from Interlaken to Basel (about 2 hours) to get to the airport for our flight to Amsterdam. It was my first time flying EasyJet and it wasn’t as terrible as I…
11,333 feet above sea level. An UNESCO World Heritage Site. Jungfraujoch. Pretty freakin’ cool! We visited Lauterbrunnen and Jungfraujoch today. This morning, we woke up with a plan to go to Schilthorn because the forecast looked decent for that summit last night. However, we checked the webcams this morning and Schilthorn was completely cloudy and…
Today was chillier and more dreary than yesterday, so we decided to stick with indoor activities. I had to put on pants and a jacket! Definitely a big change from the weather in Italy. We checked the webcams on top of some of the mountains in the area, and they were all super cloudy and…
Switzerland is STUNNING! Even if it’s rainy and super cloudy/foggy. I love mountains. They make my heart happy! Day 0 Getting to Interlaken from Florence turned out to be an adventure of sorts. We knew that we’d have a long travel day, because we chose to take trains to Interlaken from Florence instead of dealing…
I am writing this from our hostel room in Interlaken, Switzerland. After a long day of train travel, we are finally here. I wanted to wrap up our time in Florence before talking about that, though. On our second full day in Florence, we woke up with a plan. We would try to check out…
Our last day in the Naples area! We decided to check out Pompeii. Ever since I learned about the devastating volcano eruption that obliterated an entire town years ago when I was in school, its history has fascinated me. So the opportunity to go see it in person was a no brainer. It was a…