Hi Everyone! Before we left to go on our trip, our friends, Trish and Pam, introduced us to Beate and Wolfgang from Buhl, in southern Germany. They have been friends for many, many years. Beate and Wolfgang very kindly invited John and me to stay with them for the two days we were going to be visiting that part of Germany. Well, let me tell you all about it! After picking us up from Karlsruhe station, Beate and Wolfgang took us on a wonderful walking tour of Ba...

'How do you solve a problem like Maria?' 'Doe, a deer, a female deer...' 'I am sixteen going on seventeen....' Yes, family and friends, today we did the FABULOUS Sound of Music tour in and around Salzburg. It was fantastic and I can highly recommend it to everyone, especially those of you who are fans of the movie. Our day started out at the Thursday Salzburg farmers market. Have a look at the album to see the beautiful photos of the fresh food and flower stal...

Hello Family and Friends! You'll all be very pleased to know that John and I survived our skydiving experience in Wilderswil yesterday! I am describing it as THE MOST spectacular experience I have ever had in my life! The only two parts that were a bit 'ify' were when John disappeared out of the helicopter - VERY unsettling - and when my tandem buddy, Tony, told me to step out onto the skid of the helicopter......... I just stood there, looked straight down 14...

OMG! No one could possibly believe how beautiful Wilderswil is - unless you have been here! Today we travelled from Paris, and as we came closer and closer to Interlaken, we discovered the beauty of the Swiss Alps! After leaving Interlaken to travel to Wilderswil, we made our way to the Hotel Baren, where the beauty of the scenery was overwhelming! Please, please, just look at our photos!!!!! Off skydiving tomorrow above this most amazing scenery!!! Lots of...

Greetings from Paris! Well, I need to explain the background to the title for this blog entry...... John and I first travelled to Paris in 1978. It was winter and we lined up to buy tickets to go to the summit of the Eiffel Tower. Unfortunately, the fog set in so they only allowed us to go to the first level... In 1994, we were returning to Australia after a year of living in Iowa USA, on a teacher exchange. We purposely flew from New York to Paris so that we...