Europe Trip Part 1: The Overview

We are back!
Actually, we have been back for a little while now - but real life (i.e. work) seems to have held its breath during our trip, so there was a lot of catching up that needed doing.

But not to fear, the posting has resumed.

For the next couple weeks (I think) I will being posting random tidbits from the trip. Hopefully it will not become boring - but no fears, I will not be showing you all of the 1657 pictures that we took during the trip. I will restrain myself to just sharing the highlights - so that you shall experience a nice abridged version.

If you prefer the really abridged version - just read today's post, and then don't come back for the next two weeks (after which time, normal every day posting will resume)

Now for the super-short-abridged-version of the trip.

First we flew to Milan (ick), then took a bus to Lugano:

Lugano is on a mountain, and a lake. It is where my sister has been going to school for the past 2 years. We walked up and down the mountain. We ate pizza. We watched little sister graduate (yay!) Then we walked up and down more mountains.

Then we went to Grenoble (going through Milan by necessity (ick)):

Grenoble is in between some mountains (aka the Alps) and is where Mon Amour went to school for a semester 4 years ago. While there we walked a million miles. We saw Mon Amour's industrial looking campus and dorm room. We also ate crepes (yum)

Then we went back to Milan (ick ick ick)
But only so that we could do a day trip to the only city worth seeing in Italy (aka Venice):
There we walked around lots. We found the funny little hotel where little sister and I stayed on our trip to Venice 3 years ago. We ate at a restaurant along the canal.

Then we came back to Milan (ick) which made us quite content to fly home the next day.

The End.

Details to follow.