45°52′59″N 6°19′33″E Thones, in the Haute Savoie considers itself the ″capital″ of local cheeses Reblochon, made from cows milk and Chevrotin, made from goats milk. Since it was in easy driving distance from our accommodation, we could not miss the chance to indulge one of Dominique’s favourite passions – anything to doContinue Reading
45°55′23″N 6°52′11″E Today we took a day trip to Chamonix. I wanted to see Mont Blanc and Dominique wanted to be outdoors – and secretly wanted to do some hang gliding. We stuck to the cable car and taking photographs, but did see a hang glider. The arrangements for summer touristsContinue Reading
48°12′30″N 16°22′21″E Music If there is theme to Vienna it must be music. Wherever you find yourself across the city there is a reminder that this is the city of choice for Beethoven, Mozart, and Brahams. The list is much longer. If you read the Hollywood Boulevard type stars around theContinue Reading
48°12′30″N 16°22′21″E Vienna is a lot to take in, so on the first day we chose to walk the RingStrassa from the confluence of the Danube River and the Wein River up to the Austrian Parliament just to get the lay of the land. 21,518 steps later, my phone was tellingContinue Reading