A trip up to the Eagle’s Nest (Hitler’s retreat on a mountainside) and another visit to Austria to the quaint town of Hallstatt

A day trip to Salzburg to see the fortress, churches, plazas, gardens, and of course, the Sound of Music sites!

Road trip! A visit to Lake Konigssee, which was great until it began to pour.

An action-packed half day in Munich. I wish we had more time in this beautiful city!

An unexpected trip back to Zurich took us to the Lindt chocolate factory and back to the FIFA Football Museum

Mount Pilatus, the Chapel Bridge, and a walk through Lucerne

A rainy day hike with lots of fog. This adventure team can do anything!

Schilthorn, Piz Gloria, 007, Murren, Gimmelwald, Birg, Allmendhubel, and the Northface Trail. It was a long day!

Willow’s fifth birthday in perhaps the most beautiful place in the world

Lindenhof hill, Grossmunster and Fraumunster churches, playgrounds and walking through the old town, and the FIFA World Football Museum

Taking the panoramic Bernina Express train from Milan to Zurich across the Alps.

The duomo rooftops in our last stop in Italy

St Mark’s Cathedral, the Doge’s Palace, Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari, the Bridge of Sighs, and lots of shopping

A long train ride to get to Venice, then riding the vaporetto

Visiting three of the five Cinque Terre towns with a long sweaty hike and a paddleboat with a slide for the ocean.

The leaning tower of course. It has been one of the highlights of the trip so far.

The “zebra church” and Palazzo del Campo

The David, Ponte Vecchio, Piazza della Signoria, and Uffizi Gallery

The Florence Cathedral

A day at the beach in Italy