2025 Central Europe Photo Journal

We walked to our Airbnb, about a mile from the train station, which transferred us from the airport. It was close to 90 deg today... warm and humid 😅

A stop by yarn store #1! I bought 3 skeins... just to demonstrate my CC works here 😉

Our Airbnb is a small apt in a 5 story building near the historic district

We spent late afternoon at the Swiss National Museum to stay awake and keep cool. Neat place! Also had dinner here.

museum display

walk near Lake Zurich

selfie near Lake Zurich

yarn store #2!

Our first stop was Interlakaen which has a giant park used as a landing pad for paragliders.

Cool mural featuring a classic scene for the Swiss Alps

Our next stop was Grindewald. We had 2 crepes for lunch - local cheesse and chocolate /carmel. Yum!

After lunch we headed up behind the town via a hiking trail that leads up to some amazing views!

Love the views!

The top view was fantastic - 3 mountains!  we met some interesting locals who offered us drinks 😀  

The 3rd stop was the town of Lauderbrunnen,  which had amazng waterfalls...

...  and a particularly beautiful cemetary. Wow!

3 timeers per day the City Hall townser puts on a show!

City Hall, featured prominently in the plaza.

City Center Market with all sorts of food and other items

Another yarn store  (#4) ☺️

So interesting! Rick Steves says this church is only 30 ft wide and owned by a couple of brothers...

... who decorated the chapel in the mid 1800s in classic rococo. My favorite was the gold leaf grim reaper!

Another beautiful church in historic city center

We finished up our day in a beer garden close to our hotel, with  a giant mug of beer and a giant pretzel! :)

Nice traine! on time amd crowded (lots of use)

We stay at the Mooons hotel, a quirky fun boutique stay close to the train statiom and about a mile from the historic city center

The walk to city center was so clean! bikes, scooters and cars are all electric

Pretty church! we visit later in the week

We learn a lot about the Hapsberg family who ruled central Europe for hundreds of years... underbite shown in this statue is due to inbreeding 😳

Hapsberg Palace (just one of many buildings in their realestate collection!)

So many people out and about. Lots of outdoor cafes!

Mozart lived here most of his adult life. so many classical music concerts available!

Budapest is made up of 2 cities - Buda on the west bank of the Danube and Pest on the east side. This is the Parlement buildimg in Pest.

Batislava is about an hour east of Vienna - with a beauitiful historic distrct' and a slower pace of life.