Although we are only halfway through our trip, we felt on leaving yesterday that our farm B&B in Lucerne is sure to be the highlight of our honeymoon, if not the most idealistic setting we might ever experience. Situated on a sloping hillside our view overlooked Lake Lucerne with a mirror image hill opposite and alps fading endlessly into the horizon. If that already were not enough, there were cows with bells clanging wandering back and forth beneath us, chi...

I opened my eyes yesterday morning with a flood of recent towns in my head wondering exactly where we were. Just outside of Innsbruck, it all came back, in a small town called, Hall. Accommodation in these parts is not cheap and we were lucky as we pulled in looking for "zimmer" (room available) signs to come across a local who directed us to the Guesthouse Badl where we managed to get the last available room. The room was basic, but clean and comfortable, with...

We arrived in Prague the evening of the 20th after brief stops in Potsdam and Dresden along the way. What should have been a half hour drive to Potsdam from Berlin was triple that due to traffic, so we fell behind schedule already in the morning and were in a bit of a mad race the rest of the day trying to cram things in. When we do have full days in any given place they have been long in our effort to try to take in as much as possible, and, while we are not co...

"Ich hab' noch einen Koffer in Berlin" - I've had this Marlene Dietrich song playing in my head since we arrived. Not a bad thing, and I can understand now a bit better her sentiment. Berlin was not a highlight on my list, other than the arts scene, which is well known to be vibrant - I didn't realize, however, before arriving that a third of the city is dedicated to green space, and is, as such, attractive as well as alive. Our one and a half days here do not do...

The last week has gone by in a blur, and finally there is a chance to write. As Mico said yesterday morning, we had our wedding and then it seemed we woke up to find ourselves in Copenhagen. Our wedding day, June 10, in Porvoo, was all we could have asked for, and in spite of a lot of work, as it was really DIY (with no running water for dishes, etc.), we really had the time of our lives. The weather, around 30 degrees, was unusually hot for the time of year, b...