Waiting 34 years for ...

In July we celebrated our 34th wedding anniversary!  During those 34 years we have traveled to many interesting and exciting places.  However, when we first got married we talked about taking our  "dream trip" someday. Children, careers, family, and just day-to-day living took precedence over our dream.   But now, we finally did it! 

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 We bought our tickets to go to Switzerland! 

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We will be traveling in early September and be gone 11 days.  During this time we will spend a few days in Chamonix, France, home of the first winter Olympics.  From here we will make our way to Zermatt, then to Interlaken, Lauterbrunnen and the Jungfrau region, before making our way to Lucerne and then to Zurich.  We have a car rented but we will also be utilizing the wonderful Swiss trains, trams, and gondolas up the mountains.  But most of all, we are looking forward to the mountain hiking.  

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The challenging part (for me, not Kevin) is that each of us will just be taking a backpack as our luggage. (Talk about downsizing and becoming a minimalist).  A lot of thought will have to go into my packing process.  I know I can do it because I've done it in the past.  Who wants to trudge through Europe hauling a wheeling suitcase? Not me! Next on the agenda...accommodations!