We've just passed the halfway mark of our five-month round-the-world trip, so I thought I'd share a few thoughts and observations with those of you who are still following along. Feel free to ask any other burning questions in the comments... I'd happily do
Germany
On Monday, we headed into Dresden to visit the Military History Museum of the Bundeswehr. We knew we'd never get through it in a day (seems to be a bit of a consistent theme with museums lately), and this was vindicated. We did get (mostly) through the two
Germany
On Monday morning I woke up to a blanket of snow outside, I was so excited because I haven't seen snow in a long time, and so I rushed outside to this... 0:00 /0:10 1× We built a snowman, had a snowball fight, and (the next
Germany
On Sunday afternoon, we braved the freezing rain and headed to the Erzgebirgsmuseum (Ore Mountain Museum) in Annaberg-Buchholz. This included a trip down into the 500-year-old silver mine under the museum. While the museum (and the tour) were exclusively in German, between Google Translate and on-the-fly commentary by Russ and
Germany
On Saturday, we had a little drive around our friends' local area in Saxony (in former East Germany) and ended up at the local rodelbahn (Augustusburg). The general consensus was that this one was even better than the one in Switzerland — that is, it was faster and lacked a
Germany
We've already been in Germany for a week, so it's time to catch up on some blogging! Last Wednesday, we farewelled our Swiss friends and set off to Bad Windsheim in Germany. This was a change from our initial plan, which involved going via Liechtenstein and
Haiku
Here's the next batch of haikus... Day 64 • 7 Nov • Saint-Jean-de-Sixt At Lake Annecy, Our new friend likes apples and We like our new friend. Day 65 • 8 Nov • Saint-Jean-de-Sixt to Butzberg Boys on rollerblades And seated skateboard racers Call, “Achtung! Auto!” Day 66 • 9 Nov • Butzberg Lakeside
Switzerland
In Switzerland 🇨🇭 we stayed with some friends of Mum and Dad's. The adults had seen F when he was 1 year old. but had never seen me before. The people we stayed with had 2 kids one 7 years old and the other 9. Both names starting with
Switzerland
On Tuesday we made very good use of some comp tickets for the Verkehrshaus (Lucerne Transport Museum), courtesy of Matthias's work. As usual we were the last ones out, but could have easily spent three days there. It was literally "trains, planes and automobiles" (plus energy,
Switzerland
On Monday we had a big day out and about, covering quite a bit of ground, in part with the aim of getting to an operating rodelbahn to overcome the kids' rodelbahn-related disappointment at Oeschinensee. We started off with a quick visit to Solothurn to see some sights (and
France
Best thing I ate: Macarons From the supermarket only nowhere exciting 😓 Best thing I drank: Hot chocolate ☕️ Yummy!! Best thing I saw: Carcassonne 🏰 We might have borrowed a meeple to take photos with 🤫 Best thing I did: Halloween 👻 Didn't get a lot of candy but it was fun
Switzerland
On Sunday afternoon, we went for a walk in the forest near Donna and Matthias's house in Switzerland, followed by some time at the local playground. Here are a few pics... 0:00 /0:13 1×