Great Swiss Railway Tour: Day 5
Synopsis Glacier Express to Zermatt: The Glacier Express is another well-known, must-do, can't-miss Switzerland train trips, traveling from Chur or St. Moritz to Zermatt at the foot of the Matterhorn.…
Great Swiss Railway Tour: Day 6
Synopsis Gornergrat Cog Railway: The Gornergrat Railway is a cog railway which takes you from Zermatt to the Station Gornergrat at the summit (10,135 feet/3089m) in 33 minutes. The railway…
Great Swiss Railway Tour: Day 7
Synopsis Matterhorn Glacier Paradise. The original hope was to take the Matterhorn Alpine Crossing cable car between two peaks, traveling from Switzerland to Italy and back. Alas, the crossing is…
Great Swiss Railway Tour: Day 8
Synopsis Return to Zurich: The first leg is from Zermatt to Visp is a scenic route, passing through the Matter valley with yet another chance to view incredible alpine scenery.…
Great Swiss Railway Tour: Day 9
Synopsis Play Date in Zurich: No finalized plans, but strongly considering an interactive chocolate tour at the Lindt factory in Kilchberg just outside of Zurich. As I write this, no…
Great Swiss Railway Tour: Day 10
Synopsis Return home: an early morning flight from Zurich to Schiphol followed by a non-stop back to Minneapolis-St. Paul. Hoping for uneventful travel as we'll likely be tired, drained, and…
Duluth Dissed
In a recent New York Times article Pete Townshend and Roger Daltry on Rock 'n' Roll Swindle and the Who's Future, the interviewer asks about extending their (current) farewell tour:…
Busch Stadium
My wife and I recently drove to St. Louis for a tech conference I spoke at, and post-conference attended the Cardinals/Cubs game at Busch Stadium, our previous attempt scuppered to…
Las Vegas Athletics, Uggh!
Last week I spoke at KCDC which uses the Kansas City Convention Center. The street-level hallways contain a history of Kansas City - heavy emphasis on a larger-than-life civic leader…
Hawks in Wisconsin?
My wife and I spent a Sunday afternoon driving through western Wisconsin and ran across an ode to Hawkeyes in Barron. With the historical rivalry, animosity and even hatred between…