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Alpine Lands 4 Sep 97 ---------------------------------------- Thursday Flight to Frankfurtinflated neck rest 5 Sep 97 ---------------------------------------- Friday Frankfurt Airportlong bus ride to plane Flight to Zurichdidn’t see many mountains Zurichwalk to park colorful insect blue butterflies coke in outdoor dining area delicious salmon with saffon sauce for dinner 6 Sep 97 ---------------------------------------- Saturday tour Zurich Drive to Liechtensteindrive along lake LiechtensteinDrive to InnsbruckAustrian border checkpoint change money lunch at restaurant Innsbruckwalk in light sprinkle Drive to Salzburgcross little prominence of Bavaria, Germany. near Hitler’s Eagle’s Nest retreat, at Berchtesgaden. Salzburgjewelry shopping in hotel 7 Sep 97 ---------------------------------------- Sunday tour Salzburg Gardens of Mirabell Mozart’s birthplace Doppler house church graveyard with updated, family burials Salzburg Festival buildings Drive to Viennasee some advertising in Vienna. Viennadinner at restaurant waltzes and dancing 8 Sep 97 ---------------------------------------- Monday tour ViennaDanube River Russian soldier monument St Stephen church walk around near church Schönbrunn palaceGrand Gallery of Maria Theresia’s palace [Elegance, 3] room where child Mozart played for Maria Theresia Rococo wig [Elegance, 11] painting of bridal procession [Elegance, 39] painting with Mozart dubbed in [Elegance, 41] Emperor Francis Joseph I spent the last year of his life at the palace [WWI, 22] Grinzingdinner at wine-town restaurant [Vienna, 62] 9 Sep 97 ---------------------------------------- Tuesday Drive to GrazGrazLeo the guide Turks, grasshoppers, Black Plague armory church restaurant Equador music group walk around hilly street Drive to KlagenfurtKlagenfurtwalk to bookstore and stroll by shops dragon sculpture in park walk to restaurant 10 Sep 97 ---------------------------------------- Wednesday Drive to Bolzanothree-country corner near Villach Stop at Lienzpanorama picture sparkling clear weather, Dolomites beautiful beyond description Westie dog WW I cemetery [WWI, 170] [AtlasWWI, 200 ff] Bolzano11 Sep 97 ---------------------------------------- Thursday Drive to St MoritzStop at Pontresinacarriage ride St Moritzwalk around steep streets with expensive shops 12 Sep 97 ---------------------------------------- Friday Drive to ZermattStop at MenaggioMilan surburbs Lake Como; ducks pleasant talk with Italian man beautiful flower plantings [photo] Lunch at Luganohectic lunch fast stream with ducks swimming upstream Stop at Locarnostreet park along water; unisex bathroom Lake Maggiore Simplon Passcoffee stop breathtaking views to Rhone Valley modern Alpine roadway artistic bridge steep gorge Train from Tasch to ZermattZermatthasty view of Matterhorn except for peak 13 Sep 97 ---------------------------------------- Saturday sprinkles off and on – no views rain sprinkles and umbrellas while ducking between shops 6:10P clouds gradually cleared over 20 minutes, unveiling the Matterhornin a dramatic view framed by sunlit, gold-lined clouds. Fifteen minutes later the scene was again mostly enshrouded in clouds. 14 Sep 97 ---------------------------------------- Sunday Drive to GenevaCastle tour [CastleChillon] GenevaPark tour Reformation leaders Ducks 15 Sep 97 ---------------------------------------- Monday Drive to LuzernBernwalk across bridge view church with filigree spire Stop at Interlakenclear view of Mt Jungfrau elegant old hotel – iron filigree balconies Stop at Brienzwoodcarvers shop Luzernfallen Lion sculpture shopping 16 Sep 97 ---------------------------------------- Tuesday cog railway to Mt. Pilatas – 48° max inclination spectacular view aerial gondola down walking tour of old Luzern wooden bridge church bells folk singing supper 17 Sep 97 ---------------------------------------- Wednesday 7:00 A – clear view of Mt. Pilatas – see the buildings where we had been Drive to Zurich AirportFlight to Munichclear view of Alps Flight to Newark8h 20m flight 3:15 P – arrive Colts Neck ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GeneralBreathtaking scenery. Absence of road signs. Green color of grass, trees. Surprisingly little snow, few glaciers.
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