We finished off Switzerland with a few days in Lauterbrunnen enjoying some more amazing hikes and scenery around the unforgettable Swiss Alps. Back into Germany and visited the Mercedes Museum at Stuttgart on the way to the historic German town of Rothenburg. We then spent a few nights on the Rhine River in a castle turned youth hostel in the town of Bacharach. Then following the footsteps of Martin Luther through the middle of Germany and the town of Wittenberg. Just spent the last few days here in Berlin taking in museums, parks and our favorite, the zoo.
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| Discovering Salamanders high in the Swiss Alps |
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| A walk in the clouds high above Lauterbrunnen |
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| Never too old (or cloudy) for a playground |
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| Staubback falls in the Lauterbrunnen valley - enjoyed watching the base jumpers going off the top of these cliffs |
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| Swiss cows and goats with their noisy but pleasant bells |
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| Looking up from the Lauterbrunnen valley - walked along this ridge the following day |
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| Bunnies!!!!!!!!!! |
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| The Swiss village of Wengen |
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| High over the Lauterbrunnen Valley at Mannlichen (2227m) |
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| Looking up to the highest point in Europe - Jungfrau (4185m) |
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| Heidi material |
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| A poesy of wild flowers |
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| Mercedes Museum |
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| Mercedes Museum |
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| Rothenburg |
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| Russell hanging out with a friend while the women hit the Christmas shop (window shopping only) |
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| In the Christmas shop |
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| Lots of fresh fruit in season (as well as some bakery special) |
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| The walls of Rothenburg |
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| The Charms of Rothenburg |
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| Hanging out with the roses |
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| The same place 11 years ago |
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| Chance meeting with some good friends from Melbourne in the middle of Germany (what a breakfast!) |
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| View from our room in the Burg Stahleck Youth Hostel over the Rhine River |
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| Burg Stahleck Youth Hostel |
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| Visit to the Rheinfels Castle at St Goar - unique guillotine urinal |
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| Feeling a little worn out after exploring the underground passages at Rheinfels Castle |
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| "Ok, about that pocket money Dad". |
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| Found this fun little spot in the forest |
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| Our Grand Scenic crossing the Rhine on a ferry |
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| No cooking facilities at the youth hostel so had to resort to cheap Kebab's 3 nights in a row - torture! |
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| Visiting Burg Eltz in the Mosel Valley |
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| The forest walk to Burg Eltz |
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| The 3.5km long barefoot walk in Bad Sobernheim |
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| Starts in the mud pit |
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| Muddy feet at the barefoot walk |
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| Chess champs - finding lots of opportunities to have a game |
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| Wittenberg - home of Martin Luther, lots of construction and preparations for 500th anniversary of the Reformation in 2017 |
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| The altar painting by Lucas Cranach in St Mary's church where Luther preached over 2000 times |
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| St Mary's Church |
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| Pulpit that Luther preached in |
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| Wendy getting a little too carried away with Luther (literally) |
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| The Brandenburg Gate in Berlin |
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| Memorial to Jewish Holocaust victims |
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| Bouncing around downtown Berlin |
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| Sausage on the run |
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| Lamborghini at the VW Group showroom in Berlin |
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| Part of the Babylonian Ishtar Gate by none other than Nebuchadnezzar II from 575BC (Pergamon Museum) |
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| The Processional Way from Babylon |
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| Squirrel hunting in Tiergarten Park (the best city park we've seen in Europe) |
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| Rose gardens and Tiergarten Park |
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| Never too old for a playground |
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| More amazing history at one of the few remaining sections of the Berlin Wall |
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| Fassbender & Rausch chocolate shop - taking down the Berlin wall one bite at a time |
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| Fassbender & Rausch - A380 chocolate model and our very small bags of chocolates |
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| Check-point Charlie |
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| Family snap in Tiergarten Park |
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| The hippo's at the Berlin Zoo |
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| Happy Polar Bear having some lunch |
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| Keeping dreaming fat-boy |
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| And again, never too old for a playground |
Amazing pictures, guys. The scenery around Switzerland and Germany is just like out of a postcard - I'm sure photos don't do it justice. Keep up to the great work, we can't wait to here more!
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