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December 31 - New Year's Eve in Switzerland

December 31, 2018 - This morning we drove down the mountain road to Interlaken to get information for our ride up to the Schilthorn. We boug...

December 30, 2018 - Today was another cloudy overcast day in Switzerland. We decided to take the post bus down to Interlaken to pick up some...

December 29, 2018 - We left this hotel in Rothenburg on a foggy morning for the short drive to Lucerne. Lucerne's most famous tourist attra...

December 28, 2018 - Thursday morning we left Hotel Schmiedboden. Annie will miss her new friends, Sjoukje and Onno, who worked at the hotel.

December 26, 2018 - This morning was our first sunny day of this trip. As was also colder, we had a heavy frost in shaded areas. These cu...

December 25, 2018 - Christmas Eve started as a rainy day. As we were eating breakfast, the rain turned into soft wet flakes of snow. We dec...

December 25, 2018 - Christmas here was a quiet affair since we had celebrated ten days ago in Toronto. After a leisurely breakfast, we notic...

December 23, 2018 - We left Innsbruck this morning under cloudy conditions. At times we could see some clearing on the mountain slopes. Most...

December 23, 2018 - Today we took the tram into old Innsbruck and enjoyed the day at the Christmas market along Maria-Theresien Strasse. He...

December 21, 2018 - We left today for Innsbruck. Though it was a dreary overcast day, the trip was good. We passed through Liechtenstein and...

December 20, 2018 - Today was overcast, but reasonably warm. So we walked to the Fehraltorf train station and took the train to the Bahnhof...

December 20, 2018 - We arrived at Zurich airport at 6:45 a.m. local time (12:45 a.m. Eastern time). Veronica met us at the airport with our...

December 18, 2018 - Yesterday I went downtown to the Eaton Centre to do some Christmas photography. The highlight is the large lighted Chris...

December 17, 2018 - The Bartz family Christmas was celebrated early this year to accommodate those of us travelling on the holiday season. T...

December 01, 2018 - I've finally finished editing my fall photographs. I apologize for the long period between blogs, but kitchen renovation...