Wanderlust Journey

After our train ride through the Alps, we ended up in Montreux on the banks of Lake Geneva. We originally planned on taking a sleeper train from Montreux to Cinque Terra, Italy but it was completely booked! The sleeper trains, both the six and four to a cabin cars, and the regular train was full [...]

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Our original plan for Switzerland was to take the GoldenPass Line from Zürich to Montreux, passing through Luzern and Interlaken. The GoldenPass Line website bills the train ride as one of the most picturesque in Switzerland and I’d have to agree with that statement. I think the ideal way to experience the GoldenPass Line ride [...]

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In mid-July of 2009, my wife Martha and I (Jim) embarked on a nearly four week vacation in Europe. She was going to start her doctorate in the fall, which is a four to five year commitment, so we felt that this summer was our best opportunity to take a vacation like this one. Our [...]

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