Europeans Rejoice: The Maitais Return from Germany, France, Switzerland and Italy – September 2003

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Scenery Steals The Show

In 2003, Tracy and I visited Germany (Mosel area), France (Alsace), Switzerland (Montreux & Grindelwald) and Italy (Lugano, Firenze, Pisa, Cinque Terre and Milano).  This trip featured gorgeous natural scenery with a few museums thrown in for good measure.  Enjoy our travels!


July 21, 2011

Chapter One – The Magnificent Mosel, Germany

Europeans Rejoice: The Maitais Return from Germany, France, Switzerland and Italy – September 2003 Chapter One: The Magnificent Mosel, Germany   Europe, the old frontier. These are the voyages of the blue Volkswagen Golf. Its 17-day mission: To explore four great countries. To seek out new memories and old civilizations. […]
December 22, 2011

Chapter Two – Route des Vins & Alsace, France

Chapter Two:  Routes des Vins & Alsace, France Day Three – The Saarbrücken Nebula, On The Routes Des Vins, The Stepford Waitress, Rob and Laura Petrie In Ribeauville, Getting A Deal And The Snotty French Lady We really loved the Haus Lipmann. They had a friendly staff (and very friendly […]
December 23, 2011

Chapter Three – Montreux & Gruyéres, Switzerland

Chapter Three: Montreux & Gruyéres, Switzerland Day Five – Masson Maison, Missed It By That Much, Chillin’ At Chillon, Red Light-Green Light, All Quiet On The Love Making Front Good-bye France – Hello Switzerland. via Michelin doesn’t let us down this time, and it is an easy and pretty three-hour […]
December 24, 2011

Chapter Four – Grindelwald, Switzerland

Europeans Rejoice: The Maitais Return from Germany, France, Switzerland and Italy – September 2003 Chapter Four:  Grindelwald, Switzerland Day Seven – Eiger Sanctioned, Don’t Jump, Too Much Salt, That Cow’s Neck Must Hurt And Eating A Vegetable I Haven’t Tried in 40 Years I will call this part of the […]
December 25, 2011

Chapter Five – Lugano, Italy

Chapter Five: Lugano, Italy Day Ten – Saarbrücken Revisted, Stella!, Lunch By The Lake, Swiss Spokes Men And Pour Me One Last Limoncello “Auf Wiedersehen,” “Au Revoir” and “Arrivederci” (so many languages, so little time) to Grindelwald and Switzerland.  Italia, here we come. Within 45 minutes we were winding our […]
December 26, 2011

Chapter Six – Firenze & Pisa, Italy

Chapter Six: Montecatini Terme, Firenze & Pisa – Italy Day Twelve – Colle Flowers, If Those Gardens Are Beautiful My Nose Will Grow Longer, A Miracoli We Found It, Bird Droppings, Dinner In A Medieval Town And For Whom The Bells Toll This was our longest drive (thanks to an […]
December 27, 2011

Chapter Seven – Cinque Terre/Milano, Italy

Chapter Seven – Cinque Terre & Milano, Italy Day Fourteen – Let It Bee, Lens Crafters, All Roads Lead To Levanto (Really, They Do), A Refreshing (Villa) Margherita, Viva Vernazza, Hey Is That A Worm In My Cheese, A Longer Than Anticipated Train Trip And Where’s The Beef? It was […]