Dec 12
Today is slated as one of the more difficult stages of the Haute Route. This is mostly due to the over 5500 feet of climbing elevation gained. Personally we are looking forward to this stage since both of us prefer going up over going downhill. I am also looking forward to getting more into the …
Oct 18
We enjoyed a nice breakfast at the Hotel du Glacier first thing in the morning, then returned back to the room to finish drying out our laundry. We had direct sunlight on our balcony and it was a bright blue sky day. Our clothes dried out in no time. We got packed up and were …
Oct 16
We rose early around 6:30PM to try and beat the possible mad rush for breakfast. Unfortunately, we didn’t manage to do that. It was so crazy and stressful at breakfast with so many people in the place. People were also very rude and were almost knocking you over to get to the food. An older …
Oct 14
We finished packing up bags after a good breakfast. I think I had about 3 croissants with Nutella. As we were packing, I was sifting through the receipts I had laying on the night stand and noticed the ones from Denise’s hiking shoes. I asked her if she wanted them and we noticed that the …
Oct 10
It was a quick two and a half hour flight to Geneva from Stockholm. We quickly made our way through passport control and into the baggage claim. I hunted around for a ATM while we waited for our one checked bag to hopefully come around the conveyor belt. We only check a bag because our …
Aug 08
I was ready to get out into the mountains after a full day of recuperation from my Ironman Lake Placid 2013 race. I had spent most of post-Ironman Monday just hanging out around the house after returning back from the the Ironman Store. I had stood in line from 7AM until around 8:30AM to get …
Feb 02
We were originally supposed to be leaving this Saturday morning, but we decided to stay an extra day until Sunday. Fortunately our gracious hosts said this was no problem. Besides what the heck am I going to do at home on Sunday? [nggallery id=18] We decided to forgo the skate-skiing today and instead get out …
May 31
After another great breakfast at Hotel Savoia, we packed up our stuff and then headed down into Sorrento for some last minute souvenirs and, of course, another gelato. While we enjoyed our gelato’s it started down-pouring and the shop instantly filled with people. We waited out the rain for 10 minutes and headed back to …
May 23
Denise came up with the great idea during our great breakfast at Hotel Savoia. We would take the SITA bus back to Amalfi, have lunch and then do the Valle Dell Ferriere hike that we missed twice before. It proved to be the ultimate plan. The SIAT Bus from Sorrento was easily boarded and we …
May 23
After enjoying our makeshift breakfast of croissant-looking rolls, bananas and yogurt, we loaded up our packs again and started on our way down to Sorrento. We hiked through back streets to the neighboring town of Colli di Fontalle. Then we made our way down into Sorrento through some back dirt roads. We made one wrong …
