Today was going to be a long travel day. We were going to be on 4 different trains going from Salzburg to Stuttgart, but first we made time to play a bit first. Also R woke up sounding pretty stuffed up and congested. Thankfully it was mostly morning junk and after a bit of time… Continue reading Travel Day: Salzburg, Austria to Stuttgart, Germany
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Adventure Day 2: Salzburg, Austria
It’s the day before R’s birthday and they day we’re celebrating it! 🙂 We wrapped up some gifts for her in some hotel towels, and gave her a list of options for the day. we actually made all but 1 of these happen! L made a sign before we went down to breakfast that said,… Continue reading Adventure Day 2: Salzburg, Austria
Adventure Day: Salzburg, Austria
We all slept in except for Ty. He loves his early morning runs, so it works out well for all of us. The hotel breakfast was pretty good. We were all excited for a day of good weather. After breakfast we walked through the Mirabell Palace garden on our way to the Mozart Residence. Views… Continue reading Adventure Day: Salzburg, Austria
Travel Day: Innsbruck to Salzburg, Austria
So today we did a bucket list thing. It was incredible! We paraglided!!!! I think ever since Neushwanstein castle where there were paragliders everywhere Ty started researching it. He contacted several companies outside of Innsbruck and only got 1 reply. Then we were waiting to see if the weather would improve. We could finally see… Continue reading Travel Day: Innsbruck to Salzburg, Austria
Adventure Day: Innsbruck, Austria
Well today was a roller coaster, not the fun kind but the emotional kind. But it ended on a high note so that’s what matters. Breakfast at the hotel was a bit of a crazy house. Our hotel is overrun with Viking cruise retiree’s and oddly numerous professional sports teams. So the breakfast area was… Continue reading Adventure Day: Innsbruck, Austria
Travel Day: Munich Germany to Innsbruck, Austria
We finally all had a great nights sleep. We enjoyed our final breakfast in this amazing hotel and we packed up for the 9:30 train to Garmish. We had grand plans to go hiking, ride trams, perhaps reach the tallest peak in Germany. However the weather had different plans for us. Beautiful countryside and my… Continue reading Travel Day: Munich Germany to Innsbruck, Austria
Vienna to Bratislava Travel Day
We had a relaxing morning since we knew we could buy tickets to Brastilava almost every hour. We decided not try try and rush breakfast and packing and take the 11:16am train. We had a leisurely hotel breakfast. The kids went out into the patio and found worms. Which L then tried to feed an… Continue reading Vienna to Bratislava Travel Day
Vienna Adventures – Day 3
The day started off a little rough for Papa. He needed to stay behind at the hotel due to illness. After another delicious hotel breakfast for ourselves we raced to catch the shuttle going into town. The shuttle dropped us off in front of the opera house and from there we walked to the Haus… Continue reading Vienna Adventures – Day 3
Vienna Adventures – Day 2
We slept in till almost 9 again. I think we're all a bit thrown by the time change. We enjoyed another wonderful hotel breakfast before taking an Uber to the Schonbrunn Palace. - Due to some excessive lines and bad times for the English speaking guides we decided to go with just the extended audio… Continue reading Vienna Adventures – Day 2
Vienna Adventures – Day 1
We all slept late this morning. Called over to Papa's room at 9am and woke them up! We all got ready and went downstairs for breakfast in the hotel. Again thanks to Ty's work with credit cards we have a fancy status at this hotel and it earned us free breakfast. This was a savings… Continue reading Vienna Adventures – Day 1