Hello all Again...This time from Lautenbrunnen, in Switzerland.
Been too busy to post, so we missed Dijon. It was too fun, with a biked countryside wine tour day.
Switzerland is the most amazing place. Huge mountains, Crystal Blue rivers, Waterfalls, Rolling lush green hills, Cows with Bells, Europeans with hiking boots and trekking poles .... and the list goes on.
The last two days were spent walking, hiking and more walking. Feels like over 50 km in two days. The views here can't be beat. The mountain air is crisp. Even the tap water is delicious.

Here are some photos to prove it.

This is looking down the Lauterbrunnen Valley, from a mountain village called Gimmelwald. We had to walk for 1.5 hours down the valley trail, take a tram up to get this view. Amazing little place, with only agriculture around. Cows with Bells.

This is in the town of Lautenbrunnen, where we are staying. It is in the valley, with amazing green hillsides everywhere.

This is in the mountain town of Grindelwald. It is a half hour train ride from Lautenbrunnen. This is a huge canyon, with a sketchy trail hanging off the side of the rocks.

This is the view from Grindelwald, looking towards Jaungfrau Peak. Again, nothing short of amazing.

This is along the Lautenbrunnen valley trail. The river water is crystal blue and is really cold, from the glacier runoff.

During our walk from Grindelwald to the Canyon walk, we encountered a shepard and his sheep, walking down the middle of the road.

Note the traffic jam behind them. Typical Switzerland.

A view from inside the Canyon looking up towards the sky.

Mountain Man Mike, with the Peaks of Switzerland in behind.

This is our last night in Switzerland. Tomorrow we are off to Italy. Cinque Terre first, then Venice.

We have been travelling Europe via many train rides. The train systems here are very good. You can get anywhere. The internet here in Switzerland is about 10 franks which is equal to 10 dollars an hour, hense the reason we are not posting as many times as we did in Thailand.

Europe is VERY expensive. But if we wish to live a little and see alot....we must go into debt to do so...right? But weäve been sharing bathrooms and showers to lower the price of our stays. Just making sure to wipe the toilet seat and wear thongs in the showers and were doing just fine. No crazy toilet bowl diseases or foot scum...except for Mikes stinky feet. Anyways we`ll post a few more times when in Italy.

Love Mike and Darcie or Darcie and Mike.

PS Syd..the plane lands 1215 Thursday afternoon...so be there around 1pm and that should be good. Thanks again.

Hello to All again. Paris has come and gone, and we are now in Dijon, France.
Paris was amazing. To much stuff to see and not enough time, so here are some photos of the stuff we saw.




Sunset view over the River Sienne, near our Hotel.


One of the many underground Metro Stations. Many rides were had on the Metro.



Skull from Catacombes, an old underground quarry mine that was filled with the bones of over 6 Million dead people, which were dug up from their graves, back in the 1700's.

View of Notre Dame at night, an old Cathedral and once home to Quasimodo, the Hunchback of Notre Dame. We toured this during the day and walked up the many stairs to the bell tower, where Quasimodo got his name from being the bell ringer.

This explains the 7 flights of stairs to get to our Penthouse Suite. Buildings this old don't have elevators, and Darcie's legs burn every time we go back to rest.

Francois Michelle. Brown cap and Moustache.

The oldest Church in Paris, which was just around the corner from our hotel.

The Eiffle Tower at night. We took the lift to the top, but decided to walk down the stairs, due to the long line. On the walk down, the view and height made us dizzy. The tower from a distance (the top of Notre Dame, many km away) didn't look that big, but when we finally walked up to it, it was impressive.

One of the many University Buildings near our Hotel. We stayed in the Latin Quarter, home to most of Paris's Higher Education Buildings.

Darcie hanging out at night, in front another of the many crazy Buildings.

Anyways...we just had our first day in Dijon, and tommorrow are renting bikes to go the winery country.

LATER EVERYONE!

Love Darcie and Mike or Mike and Darcie

LONDON

We made it.

The flight was pretty uneventful. 9 hours of ipod, sleep, chicken korma, orange juice, water and more naps.

The train and bus ride were interesting. Brick buildings in Lodon everywhere. An 84 year old women on the bus, explaining what "used to be" at every corner.

Got to Brian and Christina's place, to tea and scones, fresh from the oven. Then we went into Camden Town for a walk-about and a pint. 

Good Times so far. Got to go, Brian has a scotch and water waiting for me.

M and D.

So ... We are lucky enough to once again be able to travel. This time we are heading to Europe.

More Specifically ... London. Paris. Dijon. Lauterbrunnen. Cinque Terre. Venice. London. Barcellona. London.

Three weeks of Trains, City Sites, Amazing Architecture, Old Cobblestone Streets, The Alps, Meditarian Beaches, Wineries, Cheese Fondu, Swiss Chocolate ... all with my Wife. Too Good to be True.

Oh Yeah, and I get to see my bestest buddy, Mr. Skinner.

Later.

M