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I mentioned yesterday that we walked to and from the village of Engelberg several times every day. Sometimes we went for groceries and other times to the visitor center to use the WiFi. Most days we walked through on our way to another hike in the area or to reach the local abbey to buy …
Because this hike was the closest one to our house in Engelberg, we did the walk to Fluhmatt several times, and often as the beginning or ending portion of another hike. For that reason I almost did not do a blog post about it as its own walk. But then I decided to go ahead, …
Taido has always longed to see the French Alps, and specifically, the mountain town of Chamonix, which is nestled just underneath Mont Blanc. Engelberg is about five hours away so we loaded up our camping gear and spent a couple of nights in this little French campground. When we first arrived, the clouds were covering …
One week in Switzerland the rain seemed to settle into our valley with no intention of leaving, so one morning we got up and drove the incredible Swiss tunnels through the mountains to a different valley in search of sunshine. And we found it. In Unterschachen, which was up the road from the town of …
After hiking so many trails right from our front door, you would think we would have run out of walks to do in Engelberg, but Taido always managed to find us another one. Sometimes they would begin the same way, with a steep hike up the town stairs and a view overlooking the village, but …
I think it’s probably clear by now that while we were in Switzerland, we were so taken with Engelberg that we would have been happy to never leave our little mountain home, but we decided that we should spend at least a few days seeing some other parts of Switzerland. Also, Taido was very keen …
Here’s the thing about choosing a favorite walk in Switzerland. It’s kind of hard because the whole month of walking the Swiss Alps is my favorite. But this walk to Stefali. Well, it was very special. Maybe it was the bright blue sky, or the crazy rushing waterfalls after several days of rain. Maybe it …
One of the most difficult hikes we did from the village of Engelberg was a climb up to this gorgeous alpine lake. Trubsee. It had rained the day after Peter and Whitney and our cousins went home, so we sat around the house and moped. They left from the train station in Engelberg with all …
The walk to the End of the World or to End der Welt was our last walk with our cousins before they left town. It was a hot, sticky day in Engelberg, but the skies were clear and the views of the mountains unobstructed. We walked from the village, past the Engelberg Abbey into the …
We spent one lovely day in Lucerne while Peter and Whitney were still with us in Switzerland. It is truly one of the most beautiful cities I have ever seen in my life. I mean come on! If it’s not enough that it has mountain views and is situated on a gorgeous lake, but hello …
While we were traveling this summer, almost every time I posted a picture of Switzerland, someone would tell us that we HAD to ride a certain cable car or take a certain train. All the guidebooks and blog posts say the same thing. But here’s the thing. They are really expensive. A lot of them …
Our first walk in Switzerland was to a waterfall. All the signs said “Wasservall” so we kept saying we were walking to a “Wasservall.” Which reminded us of The Willoughbys. The Willoughbys is a favorite book of ours that we’ve listened to over and over again, and a little boy in the book pretends he …
As I have been recapping my summer travels, you might have noticed that I skipped something when I went from Paris to our trip home through the Lake District. I skipped about four weeks that we spent in Switzerland. I have been saving it, holding it in my hands and heart like a precious gem, …
Walking in the Lake District: Windermere There’s a reason the Lake District has inspired poets and wanderers for so many years. We fell in love on our first visit last October, and I have been watching for an opportunity to return. When we mapped our route home from Switzerland and decided that I would be …
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[pe2-image src=”http://lh4.ggpht.com/-icSby_CQBzY/U_SDjAvraJI/AAAAAAAAbng/YRg6MJYPf_4/s144-c-o/CousinsTakeEurope%252520Paris%252520%25252841%252529.JPG” href=”https://picasaweb.google.com/100212479652479288017/ChinosGowithOhToParisInJuly#6049604836984055954″ caption=”CousinsTakeEurope Paris (41).JPG” type=”image” alt=”CousinsTakeEurope Paris (41).JPG” ] I’m picking right up where I left off in last week’s post. Leaving London. We landed in Paris, went through customs and took the train into town, arriving at our apartment to meet our host at 11pm. [pe2-image src=”http://lh4.ggpht.com/-cD3_2ftexh0/U_SEqmfN2KI/AAAAAAAAbns/4MfC-joXJJU/s144-c-o/CousinsTakeEurope%252520Paris%252520%252528385%252529.JPG” href=”https://picasaweb.google.com/100212479652479288017/ChinosGowithOhToParisInJuly#6049606066886269090″ caption=”Processed with VSCOcam with …
[pe2-image src=”http://lh4.ggpht.com/-u2v1dKc-opI/U_SDjJobJ2I/AAAAAAAAbng/qT6pzFE2484/s144-c-o/CousinsTakeEurope%252520Paris%252520%252528260%252529.JPG” href=”https://picasaweb.google.com/100212479652479288017/ChinosGowithOhToParisInJuly#6049604839369549666″ caption=”Processed with VSCOcam with f1 preset” type=”image” alt=”CousinsTakeEurope Paris (260).JPG” ] I have a secret to tell you about the Louvre Museum in Paris. I know what you’re thinking. How can anyone possibly discover anything new about the Louvre that has not already been covered ad nauseum on the internet? And maybe …
My SIL Whitney blogged about this walk last week, so I’m counting it as one of my #48walks. It’s a walk I’ve already done this year, but it was fun to do it in a new season and with our cousins, and it’s been such a delight to see Scotland through Whitney’s lens as she …
[pe2-image src=”http://lh4.ggpht.com/-pieC8gDc3P4/U-SNJ78I9nI/AAAAAAAAZUo/avslENdfx_U/s144-c-o/IMG_0710.JPG” href=”https://picasaweb.google.com/100212479652479288017/201407CousinsTakeEuropeII#6045111801686324850″ caption=”Processed with VSCOcam with hb2 preset” type=”image” alt=”IMG_0710.JPG” ] When Simon, Ben and I left Aberdeen at the beginning of July with Peter and Whitney and our cousins, we stopped first in London. It was the boys’ first trip to London, and so we had a list full of what we hoped …
In celebration of the fact that we have now been in Scotland for one year, here’ s a quick look back at the last twelve months of life at the Chino House.