Movin' Through Europe (well, sorta!)

Another early start for day 4! After a breakfast buffet at the hotel, we set off from Darmstadt on our way to the beautiful riverside town of Heidelberg. We were lucky to arrive early with very minimal traffic along the way, but still only had about an hour to explore the area.

Travelin' Fox enjoying the famous Heidelberg Bridge

Dad took advantage of the radiant light in order to take pictures of the quaint little town as Mom, Aunt Linda, and Emmy decided to head down the main road to see the local shops and buildings. They found a little liquor store that they really liked, but realized they would be unable to take any bottles home, so they left. The store owner then called after them and gave them each a small bottle of liquour as a gift! 

Michael, Clayton, and I ventured up to the top of the mountain where the Heidelberg castle still stands. We walked around and explored a bit and got some great shots of the scenery below.

French Cafe Lunch

 After rounding up the crew, we took off toward the border city of Strasbourg just inside of France. Again, it was a brief visit that consisted mainly of a French lunch. Aunt Linda was feeling a bit adventurous and decided to order some escargot and what she described as "German roaches" that were really just tiny crawfish. Let's just call that a once in a lifetime experience!

 From there, we headed toward the Swiss border, which was supposed to be a trip that takes just short of two hours, but standstill traffic caused us to lose a little over an hour of our day. No worries, however as we eventually arrived at our hotel in the absolutely beautiful town of Engelberg in Switzerland. The weather is beautiful, the scenery is beautiful, and we're beautiful. Tune in tomorrow to hear about our excursion into the Alps! Peace homies.

Anthony

P.S. Pictures from the first two days have been posted.  See links under Gallery on the right.