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GODDARD BASEL ADVENTURES
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Toboggan or not Toboggan that is the question...
Friday was another interesting day or weather and alpine activity. The morning started bright and clear meeting Hayley and Ryan‘s ski...
Steve
Mar 7, 20202 min read
Lucerne Transportation Museum
We rode the train to Lucerne and walked a couple of miles through parks along some nice bike paths around the perimeter of the lake to...
Steve
Sep 29, 20192 min read
Lausanne, Water and Olympic Sports
Martin and I have done an appalling job trying to arrange meeting up over the previous year. We made promises and vows to improve on that...
Steve
Sep 15, 20192 min read
Heidelberg and Castling about
It was a rainy Friday and we decided that being Jill and Jeff's final day with us before returning to Oregon. Not wanting to waste any...
Steve
Sep 14, 20191 min read
Bern To Be Wild
An hour or so on the train from Basel SBB (Banhof SBB, Gare CFF or Swiss railway station) we would be in Bern, capital of Switzerland. We...
Steve
Sep 13, 20194 min read
Viennese Waltz
Waltzing around Vienna this holiday weekend (June 1st, I got delayed in blogging) break I got very engaged with some urgent work and so...
Steve
Sep 1, 20192 min read
Lucerne and Mount Rigi
We took the train to Lucerne from Basel SBB station which takes about an hour, so not a long journey by any means. Even so, early in the...
Steve
May 25, 20192 min read
Notre Dame de Paris
It had only been a week since the devastating fire consumed the medieval Catholic cathedral on the Île de la Cité. We thought since we...
Steve
May 19, 20191 min read
Le Tour Eiffel
Our final morning in Paris was set for another attempt to ascend the Eiffel tower. We had advance tickets and a guided tour set up. We...
Steve
May 19, 20192 min read
Paris Palace of Versailles
We planned for a whole day at the palace of Versailles due to the size of the palace the enormous and expansive gardens with fountains....
Steve
May 19, 20192 min read
Where is Matt? Oh, Zer is Matt!
The kids were out of school for a week and so we decided on a ski week at one of the premier resorts in the world. Cheers to that view...
Steve
May 18, 20191 min read
Parisian Kozy Cafe
We visited 2 of their 3 cafes in Paris. The first was a try and see as we needed food and a good coffee. They had both. The staff were...
Steve
May 18, 20191 min read
Le Tour De Paris
Arriving from London at the Gare du Nord we raced across Paris to le Tour Eiffel. Unfortunately we misjudged the journey time from Gare...
Steve
May 18, 20192 min read
Running around the houses
It's always a good day when it includes a run. One morning in London we did just that. Situated very close to the Thames and great...
Steve
May 17, 20191 min read
A lad in London
The show must go on and indeed it did, we went to the show Aladdin at the Prince Edward theatre. We can't visit London and not see at...
Steve
May 17, 20191 min read
Globes and St. Pauls
The Shakespearean Globe theatre was next on our list of historical fun places to visit. Such a well known playwright all over the world...
Steve
May 17, 20193 min read
Hamming it up!
A visit to London with kids means a mandatory visit to Hamley's toy store. I have to say, even without kids I have visited the place on...
Steve
May 17, 20191 min read
High Tea at the Corinthia Hotel
After a whirlwind tour of Hamley's toy store it was snack time with a difference. We had a 2 hour and 15 minute appointment for afternoon...
Steve
May 17, 20191 min read
Who guards the palace?
Buckingham palace has lots of people viewing and visiting. It is obviously a key place of London for visitors and the history of London....
Steve
May 17, 20191 min read
A Towering History
On a bright sunny morning after a few breakfast munchies and a hot cafe latte with as many shots of espresso as the cup would allow and...
Steve
May 17, 20192 min read
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