Europe!!

We only spent a few days in Colorado before heading off to Europe for two weeks. It was something we always said we wanted to do before having kids and given our current circumstances, we figured there's no time like the present :) We flew into Frankfurt, Germany and hopped on a train to Munich. We spent a few days in Munich, toured around the city, saw a beautiful castle, and took a tour of Dachau concentration camp. It was really interesting to be in a place with so much history... very different than reading it in books.

After Munich we went to Lucerne, Switzerland. Dan and I can both say that this was, by far, the most beautiful place we saw in Europe. It was very picturesque and scerne. We got the chance to take a boat across Lake Lucerne to the base of an old cog railroad. We went straight up the mountain, hiked around/down to the middle of the mountain, and took a gondola the rest of the way down. Words and even pictures do not do justice to how beautiful it was.

Our next stop was Paris, France. In Paris we hit up all the major tourist hotspots. The Eiffel Tower, Notre Dame, The Louvre, The Arc de Triomphe, and the Catacombs were a few of the most memorable. We had a great time there and saw a lot in just a few days. Unfortunately, we missed the Tour De France by just a few short hours, but Dan got a commemorative shirt for the occasion anyhow... we were there on the day it ended :)

Our last stop was to Amsterdam in the Netherlands. It was a quick stop (just one day) but we were able to take a canal cruse through the beautiful city and see the Anne Frank House. It was a great way to end a great trip!!