After departing Lucerne, we headed to our last location, Lugano. Lugano is in the Italian-speaking region of Switzerland, close to the Swiss-Italian border and on the shores of Lake Lugano. Exploring Lugano We arrived in Lugano in the morning so instead of going to the hotel (since it was too early to check-in), the bus …
Swiss Escape (A Globus Tour): Lucerne
Our next stay would be in Lucerne but on the way over, we made a brief stop in the city of Bern. Exploring Bern When we got to Bern, we stopped near the Bärengraben, or Bear Pit, to use the bathrooms and also to take some photos of the city from above. Our local tour guide …
Swiss Escape (A Globus Tour): Montreux
After leaving Neuchâtel, we headed straight to Montreux and to our hotel, Eurotel Montreux, which was my absolute favorite hotel during this trip. Eurotel Montreux Grand' Rue 81, 1820 Montreux, Switzerland First off, this hotel is located right on the banks of Lake Geneva. When you exit the hotel there is a pathway to walk …
Swiss Escape (A Globus Tour): Zurich
I left on a Saturday (dark and early) for my 6 AM flight from Los Angeles to Philadelphia where I would be connecting onward to Zurich. (Thank you American Airlines for constantly moving my flight earlier until it was as early as could be...) My mother, who would be traveling with me, flew to Philadelphia …
Swiss Escape (A Globus Tour): An Introduction
If you have read some of my previous posts, you may have come across my previous (partially blogged about) trip with the tour company Globus to Central Europe. Earlier in January, I once again ran across a good deal for a Globus tour to Switzerland named "Swiss Escape". Since this is part of Globus's "Escape" …
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Natural Wonders of Arizona: Day Five
This was our last day in Arizona and I had a flight to catch in Phoenix at 8:45 PM. The idea was to start driving south and stop in Sedona for lunch before continuing on to Phoenix and visiting some places in Phoenix before heading to the airport. We took the US-89 heading south and …
Natural Wonders of Arizona: Day Four
Day four was sort of planned but not really. We had activities we hoped to do but were not sure if we would be able to. The main activity was visiting Antelope Canyon. There are two main areas of Antelope Canyon which is on Navajo land and you can only enter with a Navajo guide. …
Natural Wonders of Arizona: Day Three
On the third day of our trip we woke up to a fresh blanket of snow on the ground. It had snowed overnight but had luckily stopped already. We grabbed a much needed breakfast since we had just snacked for dinner the night before and once again packed everything up, checked out and loaded up …
Natural Wonders of Arizona: Day Two
Thanks to my parents still living on eastern standard time, I woke up way too early in the morning to find them pretty much up and about. I think on average I woke up around 6 AM MST through the trip even while going to sleep around midnight or later. Not ideally when I like …
Natural Wonders of Arizona: Day One
Our flights arrived in Phoenix around noon and then we had to head over to the rental car center to pick up our rental car. Two things to note there. One, you have to ride a shuttle bus to the rental car center and the ride over was maybe just under 10 minutes. Two, the …
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