Switzerland – absolutely stunning

Gimmelwald From Lake Garda, we took the train back to Milan station where we had passed through on our way to Venice, transferred, and made our way into Switzerland. We knew coming into this part of the trip that it was going to be unique - not only were we staying in a town of about 150 that was only accessible by Gondola, but we were staying in a hostel where we had 3 private rooms (2 people...

Italy – it’s been magical

Florence Our first stop on the trip was Florence getting there wasn’t too bad given all of the disaster stories we had heard before leaving. Our initial flight from Edmonton to Calgary was cancelled due to bad weather, which then had us re routed to Toronto, then Montreal. In both Toronto and Montreal we had such tight connections - but did end up making the important connection in Montreal to...