Food, Food, and More Food

Where is this you ask?  Why at the L.A. Farmer’s Market located on 3rd and Fairfax.  I recently had the pleasure of exploring this world-famous market on a trip out to California to visit my brother and his family.  After my mom had come across it in an article in Vanity Fair, we decided to borrow…

Cafes, Palaces, and Burger King

That pretty much sums up my time in Vienna.  As this is likely my last post for this trip, I’m going to break it down into three sub-sections: Vienna, Birthday in Berlin, and Post-Trip Reflections.  Though I doubt anyone is still reading this, thank you to those who did. Vienna Known as Wien (where wienerschnitzel…

The Hills Are Alive …….

….with the Sound of Mosquitos… or at least it felt that way after our first night in Salzburg.  After a long, but scenic train ride through the east of Switzerland and much of the Austrian country side, we finally arrived in Salzburg about 4 in the afternoon on Sunday.  We took our first all-inclusive tour…

Land of Cheese and Chocolate

After our celebration of Swiss Day in the Alps, we hopped aboard a train, a cable car, and eventually the Golden Pass railroad to Lucerne.  The windows in our rail car were panoramic, and provided awe-inspiring views of the lakes and mountains on our way across Switzerland.  Unfortunately we were on the right side of the train and…

Swiss Day

Yesterday was our last day in the Swiss Alps, and I imagine it was what many people picture when they think of visiting here.  It was also Swiss Day, a celebration much like 4th of July in the U.S., and  thus yesterday  marked the first time we were really drunk on this trip.  More on…