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The next morning, we took the CC 63 train to Wengen. Then we took a cable car to the top of Mannlican, opting to pay extra for the “Royal...

The next day we planned to take the CC 63 from Lauterbrunnen to Wengen. We thought this mean to take the cable car. So we did, and were...

Switzerland is possibly the most charming place in the world. It is ridiculously adorable! No one in all of history could ever have said,...

Paris has a number of very pretty parks.  Luxembourg Gardens was near to our place, so that was a first stop.  Pretty walkways, people...

Lest you think I am the only one is my family who is a “planner,” meet my sister, Allison. She handled the first three stops in Europe:...

This Jimmy, Sammy, and Lucy's country report on Japan! Let them know what you think! They love your comments!

On the way out of Kyoto, we stopped in at a tea shop to learn the art of matcha-making. The kids got to grind the leaves to powder and...

We took a high-speed train from Tokyo. It was really nice, and we even got a quick glimpse of Mount Fuji.  The next day we saw a lot of...

Japan is the world’s most populous city in the world, at 37 million. But despite that, most places we saw in Tokyo had room to move. This...

Before this world trip, if you were to ask the kids which country they most wanted to visit, they would have definitely have said Japan....

This Jimmy, Sammy, and Lucy's country report on China! Let them know what you think! They love your comments!

Shanghai was a fun city, and we had a great guide in Claire. The first place she took us was the Yuyuan Garden. It was a gorgeous...

One of the main reasons people come to Guilin is as a starting point to see the Karst Mountains.  So we took a Li River Cruise from...

Guilin was much farther south, and it was foggy and rainy nearly the whole time we were there. We had rarely had any rain on the entire...

Xi'an was different in personality from Beijing. It was a bit quirky, and there seemed to be a sense of humor about all the dead people....

Next, we flew to Beijing, arriving late in the evening.  The next morning, we went to Tiananmen Square. But before we actually go there,...

First, we drove an hour and a half to the Tiger Leaping Gorge. This is a canyon on the Jinsha River that got its name from a legend that...

On our 2nd day in Lijiang, we went to see the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain. The plan was to go to Glacier Park and take a cable car to 4,680...

We left the next morning to head to Lijiang. On the way out of town, we stopped by the “Three Pagodas.” These are among the oldest...

At breakfast, we had an assortment of dumplings and noodle soups, as well as fresh fruit and sweetened bread. This hotel apparently had a...