We traveled to Lugano from Lucerne on Saturday morning. The train was very full, most notably with a children’s soccer team. They checked our tickets about an hour into the ride. We had two stops and it took about an hour and forty minutes to get there. I love riding the train in Switzerland. The views are top notch. There are mountains, lakes, green green … Continue reading Switzerland: Lugano

After five years, we have returned to Lucerne, Switzerland. We are staying in the same hotel that we stayed in last time. Why? Jef loves the breakfast buffet. It’s one of the best I have seen in Europe. In case you want to check it out, it’s called Hotel Anker. It’s not far from the train station or the water and bridges. We arrived around … Continue reading Switzerland: Mt. Rigi and Zug

If you read my previous post, you know that we stayed at Hotel Xcaret Arte. This meant that we had access to all the parks. Transportation left from the hotel directly. There were only three parks that did not need a reservation. One of these parks are actually the same: Xplor during the day and Xplor Fuego at night. You need to make reservations BEFORE … Continue reading Xcaret Parks

We decided to go on our honeymoon at an all inclusive resort. Jef has heard about Xcaret for awhile now and thought it would be fun to go somewhere relaxing, but where there were options to do fun things. Xcaret (esh-car-et) is a company with three hotels and seven parks. If you stay at the hotel, you get free admission to all the parks. The … Continue reading Hotel Xcaret Arte in Mexico

I only stayed on property at Walt Disney World once when I did not live in Florida. We had reservations at an All Star Resort, but when we arrived at the hotel at around midnight (due to a late flight) there were no rooms left. They cheerfully transferred us to Saratoga Springs. We were overjoyed with this choice. Our room was as big as a … Continue reading Disney World Resort Stays

This was my third visit to Las Vegas. It was the first time that it was not the summer time. We stayed (for the second time) at the Venetian. Jef upgraded our stay to the biggest suite and use of the Prestige Club Lounge. We were able to skip all the lines at the check in area and go directly up to the lounge area. … Continue reading Las Vegas

We recently visited VT, NH, and Maine and missed the foliage by about a week and a half. We decided to drive to North Carolina to try our luck in the south. We did not do much better. Our goal was to have a spot to stay that was in the middle of two sets of mountainous areas. As a surprise to me, Jef rented … Continue reading The Horse Shoe Farm

We visited the Henry Ford on our first day in Michigan. This place is massive. It took us about three hours just to see everything in the museum section and we did not even try to read very many of the explanations. It was similar to visiting the Smithsonian. We never knew what was around the corner. We started on the left because most people … Continue reading The Henry Ford

This is the second time that we have visited Jack Daniel´s Distillery. I am a big fan of JD. Lynchburg, Tennessee is actually a dry town. The only place that you can purchase alcohol is at the distillery and only because it is considered a souvenir. This works well for Jack Daniels because they have no one to compete with for purchases. The distillery has … Continue reading Jack Daniel´s Distillery

We really wanted to have some interaction with the horses at Churchill Downs when we did our tour. However, unbeknownst to us, there are no horses there now because of construction. The only tour available was a trip out to Hermitage Farm and since it included being able to pet the horses, I was in! This tour is a combination tour with the Kentucky Derby … Continue reading Churchill Downs-Heritage Farm