We visited the Bernese Alps in Switzerland, just outside of Interlaken. The trip up to Schilthorn required 3 gondola rides and an ascension of just over 2000m (6560 ft) in 30 minutes. Schilthorn was the set location for the 1969 James Bond film “On Her Majesty’s Secret Service.” The scenery was amazing. The clear view […]
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Egfling, Germany, a rural village outside of Munich. Bavaria Germany is amazing and I hope to return someday. Our home was adjacent to a large field where the kids spent a majority of their time running and playing.
Exploring the Austrian Alps with the family. This was an amazing place we stumbled upon. We took the opportunity to explore the region. Vanessa took some great photos of the kids and scenery while I took the drone for a spin.
Lake Achensee was a gorgeous, tranquil lake hidden in the Austrian Alps. Being summer the local village was quiet with few inhabitants, though the numerous ski resorts and lodges seemed anxious for the first snowfall.
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Île de Ré is an island off the coast of western France near La Rochelle. We stumbled upon it, quite by accident when we tried to attend church on Sunday morning. After a rushed breakfast and a boot out the door, plus a 45 minute drive into La Rochelle, we arrived at the building to […]
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Our Farm House Airbnb in France Everything we could ever want from living on a farm in the French countryside. It’s been a crazy few days over here for our crew. We were in Paris on Friday, and decided to leave just hours before the attacks. I don’t think I’ve ever been so grateful in […]
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One of the most frequent questions I get from friends, family and readers is “what are your kids doing for school?” This should really be answered in a 10 piece series or something, but here’s the short story. I know it seems insane to pull our kids out of good schools and drag them […]
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Before I get this blog up and running, I thought I should do a recap of our adventures for the past few months. In June we packed up our rented home in Washington DC, sold and gave away most of our belongings and stored a few treasures in a storage container. Seriously not even sure […]