We arrived in Zurich, flying over beautiful green valleys, sun and the Alps in the horizon. Our luggage arrived and we got on our train bound for Murren, above Interlaken. It was supposed to be a 3 hour trip, with 4 changes of trains. The first leg was the longest at 1.5 hours to Bern. The first stop was Zurich Central, where the train waited, and waited and waited. After 45 minutes everyone started to get off as they were making announcements in German, ...

Another cool trip for Ken and I, with a little Paige (Ken's daughter) time thrown in. This trip is one we have been planning for a long time, and is hard to believe it is finally beginning. We first go to Interlaken Switzerland, where we will meet up with Paige and two of her college friends. On Saturday, Paige will head to Barcelona for school, while we go to Florence Italy for our 6 day bike trip through Tuscany.Well, the day started early as I woke up a...

It was a restless night at the Munich Marriott due to our room being way to warm. Paige tried to adjust it, Ken tried to adjust it and I opened the window. All with little effect. So, we sweated and didn't sleep well.  Oh well, we had a long plane ride ahead, so figured we could recoup some shut eye during the flight. In addition to the free stuff the night before, we also had a complimentary breakfast which had some great choices. Fresh fruit, lots ...

After seeing the amazing Alps and the fabulous skiing, we decided we had to hit the slopes.  Unfortunately, we had to be back in Munich tonight (Sunday) for our flight to IAD on Monday morning.   We actually considered pushing our flight back a day, but that got very complicated and expensive.   However, we had all day so why not spend it on the slopes, then head to Munich afterwards.  It would mean that we wouldn't get to Munich until late and not be abl...

After having a wonderful dinner and spa evening, some of us had a restful night. That, however, was not Ken. He didn't sleep most of the night, but did get caught up on reading the NY Times. Paige and I enjoyed our night and woke up ready for the day. Ken, not so much.   We had a nice breakfast in the hotel and headed to the bus stop to go to Bad Gastein, a few miles away and where the main ski lift went up the mountain. After a bit of a wait for th...