Our family adventures
Our family adventures
Switzerland is expensive, and one of the biggest expenses of any Switzerland budget is transportation costs. On top of that, Switzerland has a plethora of train pass options, all at various price points, and covering …
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We said goodbye to Switzerland the next day, taking a train from Zurich to Basel, then from Basel to Mannheim and over to Weinheim, where we would be staying for the final portion of our …
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On our last day in Zurich, after returning our archaeological windows key and spending some time in some local records stores, we took a day trip up to see the Rhine Falls. We purchased tickets …
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Saturday, July 10, 2026 The next morning, we woke up and headed to Kilchberg on the west side of Lake Zurich. We had timed entry tickets to the Lindt Home of Chocolate. We were a …
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Friday, July 9, 2026 We were sad to say farewell to the mountains. We ate a last breakfast at Hotel Edelweiss, then rolled our luggage to the cable car station and made our way back …
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Tuesday, July 7, 2026 The plan for the next day had been to go to Grindelwald First and hike, but none of us had a desire to see Grindelwald again so soon or to complete …
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All in all, we ended up spending about three hours at Jungfraujoch. We also had a bit of later start than planned, so when we finally made it to the Eigergletscher station, it was around …
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Monday, July 6, 2026 We had a big day planned, so after breakfast on Monday, we packed up all our warm clothes and headed up to Jungfraujoch. We took a train to Kleine Scheidegg (note: …
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Sunday, July 5, 2026 The next morning, we awoke, ate breakfast at the hotel, then headed further up the cable car to the Schilthorn. Apparently some James Bond movie was filmed up there (it was …
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Saturday, July 4 We had to be up early the next morning, as we had reserved seats on the Goldenpass Express to Interlaken. We checked out of the hotel and were soon on our way …
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