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Bernese Oberland, Switzerland General (with some Saas Fee)- August 2023

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  Lieselotte trail Engelberg Globi trail After our glorious Mt Falhourn through hike , we spent the next week galavanting around the Bernese Oberland region of Switzerland. Adam, Z and I had been here 6 years prior and had just a marvelous time. We wanted to go back to some of the same places and try new places as well. We decided to split our time between valley (Grindelwald) and mountain (Wengen/Murren). I could easily stay in this region for months without getting bored. So much hiking, so much exploring- if you visit this part of the world don't skimp on time here. On this trip, we did opt to visit the Saas Fee region as well to try something new.....but honestly I'd vote to stay in Bernese Oberland if I had that choice to make again.  Tickle Trail We chose to deal with jet lag by staying three nights in Lucerne-just a short two hour train ride from the Zurich airport. We had a nice couple days there but if I went again I'd push through and try to get all the way to th
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England May 2023: Harry Potter Studios, Chorleywood, London

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  This was one of our many COVID cancellation trips and just like the others (Alaska that went from planned 2 week to an entire month and WITH a new baby!, Utah that went from 1 week to 2 WITH a new RV!), this trip was made even better by the delay because I learned about some AWESOME Harry Potter themed lodging options that made the trip extra special. Shout out the the Mama Docs Travel group on facebook for the lodging suggestions!  Well rested- slept until 11 am! North Hill Farm So we are nature loving, outdoor people. Most of our trips are in that vein. But this trip was intended as an 8th birthday gift to our HP loving Zooey so the focus was on HP. We are not fans of Disney, in fact will absolutely never take our kids there- the commercialism, the "fakeness"- it is definitely not for us. The kids (now 10 and 5) seem to understand this and frankly have learned to share a lot of these values. But the HP Studios is a totally different feel - it's small, it's a few h
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