sean's travels 2011
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Alps, Lakes, and Villages
Sean’s Travels 2011
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Our first stop was Bacharach, Germany (Rhine River).
Vineyards (Riesling)
City wall
Our hotel
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Our room had a nice view toward the vineyards
Hit this fence with car…oops
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First thing’s first though. Introduction to travel buddies.
Nathan
Me
Jon
Kelli
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The wine in the Rhine is very unique and tasty. We found a wine tasting bar immediately.
Oo! Castle!
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Per usual, there is odd decoration in SE Germany.
As odd as Jon…
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But they got the architecture right.
Oldest building in town. Built in late 1300’s!
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The main attraction in the Rhine is ferrying the river.
Feudal lords were able to tax river transportation, so every village has a castle overlooking the river.
Nowadays, villages all make their own wines for income.
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St. Goar, a picturesque village, was our ferry destination.
This is about all we saw…
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We found ways to enjoy this village nonetheless.
Honest coincidence, the first place we ran for cover was a beer tent.
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The second place we had to run for cover was a family-run brandy shop. Honest coincidence again.
The owner took pity on us and gave us a tour of his brandies. Very good stuff.
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All-in-all, St. Goar was awesome.
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Hit the road. Next stop: Luzern, Switzerland.
Confusing, but we mastered the German and Swiss roads.
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Luzern was my first introduction to Switzerland. Let’s just say it was a good first impression.
People were really into this bridge. All wood, really old.
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I personally enjoyed the building facades.
In Luzern, all buildings must have residential units so that it does not become overrun by commerce. This is likely a reason why buildings have unique and decorative fronts.
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And the food.
I ate a lot.
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Ferry time again.
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Luzern is on a large crystal-clear lake in the Alps.
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Traditional Swiss villages dot the shores.
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And the occasional mansion.
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We stopped in a village called Vitznau and had lunch.
There was more than beer, I just don’t have photographic evidence.
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Naturally, we also went swimming.
We avoided areas with this sign. Terrifying…
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Luzern is also the location of the lion stone carving, dedicated to the bravery and loyalty of the Swiss army.
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Then we went here.
(This is my “‘nuff said” photo)
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Lauterbrunnen is a farming village in a green canyon valley framed by waterfall covered cliffs.
Actually, it’s an extreme sports village. At any moment someone will be base-jumping off this cliff.
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But we stayed up here.
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We got there via gondola.
Yes, I intentionally chose the dark, ominous photo.
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The cliff-side villages are very traditional, which made them very fun to stay in.
We stayed in a village called Gimmelwald.
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Mostly they are farmers as well (livestock and hay).
Originally, people settled up here for the benefit of more sun than the valley.
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Isolation seems to have had interesting affects on decoration taste.
I knew they existed…
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Our room had an ok view from the balcony.
The Orion constellation was right above the mountain tops .
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And of course, we had Swiss hot chocolate (this place put house-made brandy in it too ).
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More scenery shots from Gimmelwald.
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Cool shots around Gimmelwald.
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One of our excursions was to Jungfrau Glacier. This was definitely the most incredible thing we saw on this trip.
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It was basically like that.
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We set out early, just as the sun was coming up over the mountains.
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The glacier is far above the tree-line, over 11k feet in altitude.
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In fact, it’s the highest point in Europe.
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But the Swiss created a train system to get there almost 100 years ago.
Up the mountains (like a roller coaster)
And through the mountains.
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Shortly after arriving, we set out on a glacial hike.
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To a ski-lodge overlooking the glacier.
Where we had goulash and beer. Perfect.
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A few more glacier shots.
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Later that day, we saw some people doing this.
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Monkey see, monkey do.
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YouTube video of me flying soon to come.
Sweet.
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Munich.
(actually, my camera was stolen)
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Auf Wiedersehen!
Yes, it’s real.