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Switzerland, A Touch of Heaven on Earth

June 28, 2020 by Joel Thornton

Switzerland is unreal. It will constantly stop you in your tracks with sights that you can’t believe you are seeing. Its alpine valleys beg you to come into the country. The majestic Alps are amazing in so many ways. I get mesmerized every time I am there.

Because of its size it is an easy country to tour. Because of its mountain range it is a difficult country to get through. The train system runs with Germanic efficiency. Some of the train stations look like sets straight out of the movies.

In fact, the highest train station in Europe is in Switzerland in the Jungfrau Region of the Alps. It sits at 11,821 feet above sea level. I was there in the middle of July a number of years ago and the high temperature for the day was 32 degrees.

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Filed Under: Tour Switzerland Tagged With: alpine valleys, alps, Bern, Interlaken, JOhn F. Kennedy Jr., Jungfrau, Jungfraujoch, Lake Zurich, Lauterbrunnen, Leonardo Da Vinci, Limmat River, Strasbourg, Switzerland, Wengen, Zurich, Zytglogge

Touring Germany (and Poland) in 2021

May 14, 2020 by Joel Thornton

We are currently talking to folks about a possible Germany and Poland tour in the next year or so. So, it seems like a good idea to talk about it. Germany is one of my favorite countries in the world. A good friend of mine once described Germany as the Disney World of Countries because it is so clean and so organized. I have to agree with him.

Germany is a country full of differing geographies. It has the Alps to the south and the ocean to the north. It has plains and river valleys that are like nothing you have ever seen. Castles from centuries ago, homes that are taken straight out of fairy tales, and sausages everywhere. On top of that, there is a local beer and huge, fresh pretzels in every town. Germany has the best beer in the world and there is a festival in late September and early October known as Oktoberfest to celebrate the beer in a way that only Germans can celebrate.

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Filed Under: Tour Germany Tagged With: alps, Auschwitz, Bavaria, Berlin, Berlin Wall, Brandenburg Gate, Check Point Charlie, Cold War, Cologne, Dachau, Frauenkirche, gERMANY, Gestapo, Glockenspiel, Himmler, Krakow, Mozart, Munich, Nazi, Nero, Neuschwannstein Castle, Nuremberg, Oktoberfest, Olympic Grounds, Olympic Tower, Pergamum Museum, Poland, Reich Chancellery, Rhine River, Salzburg, Schindler, Warsaw, Wewelsburg Castle

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