by Dian Turner | Jul 5, 2025 | 2025, EUROPE, LATEST POST, TURKEY
March 2025 We all had the same reaction when our van pulled up to the Kalkan Villa…. WOW! The View is spectacular! With 4 levels, 6 bedrooms and 7 bathrooms, it’s the perfect lodging for a large group. Lots of common areas to gather, cook, play games, swim and/or hot...
by Dian Turner | Jul 4, 2025 | 2025, EUROPE, LATEST POST, SWITZERLAND
Our trip from Austin to Lucerne was going well until we arrived in Philadelphia. Then all chaos broke loose. We actually had to move gates seven times….a total of almost 5,000 steps within 3 hours. The last move involved wheelchairs for the final 5 gates since Cissy’s...
by Dian Turner | Jul 3, 2025 | 2025, EUROPE, LATEST POST, SWITZERLAND
When we were planning our trip to Switzerland, I asked Cissy where she wanted to stay in Lucerne ….a small city of 82,000…. she picked Chateau Gütsch sitting high on a hill overlooking the River Reuss and Lake Lucerne. The River separates the city in half…old town vs...
by Dian Turner | Jul 2, 2025 | 2025, EUROPE, LATEST POST, SWITZERLAND
We traveled by private car about an hour and a half south east of Lucerne to a small thermal spa town called Bad Ragaz. Here we spent the afternoon emerged in one pool after another. Each pool was a different degree in temperature and most had some type of...
by Dian Turner | Jun 26, 2025 | 2025, EUROPE, GERMANY, LATEST POST
Our cruise down the Rhine and Mosel rivers started in Basel Switzerland and floated us thru 4 countries…Switzerland, France, Germany and The Netherlands. The boat is very beautiful and our cabin is larger than we expected with comfortable beds and a small balcony....
