Switzerland. Probably no country calls to be more than Switzerland. I have never been there and, outside of the last seventy-two hours have never been even relatively near to it. And yet I have always felt that I belong near there. Today I finally get to go see Switzerland for the first time. I am …
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May 24, 2012: Bartenheim in the Southern Alsace
This morning was a very successful travel morning. We got up and out the door as planned. We caught the same 9:06 bus to Colmar that we used yesterday so we knew exactly what to do and even knew our bus driver this morning. We did not wait until the absolute last second to run …
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May 23, 2012: Colmar & Neuf-Brisach
Today we managed to get up early, get ready and race out the door. We are getting better about acknowledging that we need to take the early trains or buses and that being lazy and waiting for later ones bites us every time whether we know why or not. Getting moving is important. So today …
May 22, 2012: Neuf-Brisach and the Alsace
ХудожникLuciana got us up at six thirty this morning. Who needs an alarm clock when you have a Luciana? So Dominica got right up and jumped in to the shower and Luciana hung out with me. This is a bit earlier than we had meant to get up this morning but it works out well …
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May 21, 2012: Cruising the Rhine
Today is our day to cruise the Rhine from Boppard to Bingen. Or at least that was the plan. We were also supposed to get up nice and early and make the nine o’clock cruise. Well, needless to say, that didn’t happen. We had several logistical challenges this morning. The first was that I was …