We arrived yesterday in Jackson Hole, WY and it is such a beautiful place. Our lodging is a quaint log cabin at the Rustic Inn with all the amenities you could ask for in a hotel. Our first night we grabbed dinner at the Silver Dollar a local bar/restaurant at the Wart Hotel. Today we went exploring in and around Jackson. We went to the Grand Teton Village at Jackson Hole Resort and shopping in town. The town is full of adorable local shops selling jewelry, winter gear and speciality items. The town of Jackson is quaint and moves at a totally different pace than home. Everyone we have met here have been very welcoming and friendly. After a day in town, we went on a beautiful sunset sleigh ride through the Spring Creek Ranch and ... read more

Happy 4th of July to everyone at home!!! Having four days in Venice is wonderful because we are able to see all this area has to offer. This morning we decided to take the water bus to Murano to see the glass factories and shops. We happened to wonder into Simone Cenedese's shop and factory. We asked if they offered tours or demonstrations, the woman said to come back in a half hour. So we continued to walk around and wonder until the tour, we saw the "Blue Star" glass sculpture in the square close by and realized how talented Simone really is. When we arrived we were surprised to find out that we were going on a personal tour and demonstration in the actual factory. "Max" was are guide and he was extremely knowledgeable and ... read more

We left Munich this morning excited for our last stop on our European Honeymoon. We arrived at the train station around 10:15 with plenty of time to spare until our 11:30 train left. We did some fun people watching and planning for our arrival in Venice. The train ride through the Alps was more beautiful than we could have imagined. There was a distinct line at the Brenner Train station that showed we crossed boarders. Not far into northern Italy we began seeing grape vines, we saw hills covered with the grapes growing everywhere. The vines literally did not stop until we were about 10 minutes outside of the Venice train station, at least three hours of vines. Now I see why Italy makes so much wine. Once arriving at the train station in Venice, we ... read more

After a day full of hiking and climbing yesterday we decided to take a ride to Innsbruck, Austria. We were particularly interested in visiting this city because Matt's great-grandmother and family are from this region of Austria. As we drove through little mountain towns, through tunnels and changing elevation many times. We were amazed and captivated at the enormous height and vast beauty of the Alps. The deeper we got into Austria the higher the peaks reached up. Many peaks were snow capped, even in the middle of the summer. We took "fern pass" and came out at the base of Zugspitze, the tallest point in Germany it is ONLY 9,700 feet to the summit. We thought about taking the trip to the top but we decided to continue onto Innsbruck. Once in Innsbruck, we took ... read more

Our day started off leaving Nordlingen and making a change to our original travel plan. After some additional research, we decided to cancel our hotel for tonight in Ausburg because we really wanted to get to Fussen in southern Bavaria, hopefully Austria later in the week. This was a wise decision and we were able to check into our Hotel, Hotel Hirsch in Fussen a night early, so it all worked out! The hotel is beautiful and filled with thousands of Bavarian antiques.... Once arriving in Fussen, we thought we could begin our tour of a few castles but we quickly learned that you need a tour reservation or wait in a four hour line....so we decided to make to a tour reservation for tomorrow and visit the next stop that we were interested in, a ... read more