We asked for your best recommendations in each location that Colleen and Rebekah are planning to visit during our European adventure. You shared so many, and although we won’t have time to visit them all, we can’t wait to try some of them out. But we also wanted to share the collection of your recommendations here so we can all benefit from each other’s experiences.

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Location #1: Switzerland

Top of Mount Rigi

– Lucerne-Lake cruise 

– The mountains above Lucerne

– Everything Rick Steeves recommends in his guide

– Eat Raclette, fondue, steak frites, and CHOCOLATE! (yes, please!)

– Take the Golden Pass train (we’re very excited about an overnight train we might take on this trip!)

– Geneva/Bern

– Lauterbrunnen 

– Oeschinensee Lake

– Gimmelwald 

– Gruyere

– Montreaux

– Cailler chocolate factory

– Zermatt – Rothorn gondola ride 

– Gornergorge

– Glacier paradise

– Gornergrat Railway

– Alpine hike from Grindelwald to Wengen

-Jungfrau

– Murren

Location #2: Italy

– Ljubljana

– Take a water taxi to Murano island & get some Murano jewelry and see where they do glass blowing (this sounds amazing!)

– Gondola rides

– Eat at Ostinati restaurante and La Zucca

– The island of Burano 

– Dolomites

-Historic Jewish quarter in Trieste, Italy and in Venice

– Wander through the back streets – go a bit off the beaten path and breathe it in

Location #3: Austria

– Salzburg (especially for a late lunch at the top of the fortress!)

-Halstatt

– Innsbruck 

– Sound of Music & Mozart tours

– Eisriesenwelt

– Marionette museum

– Swarovski Kristalwelten

– Austiner Brau beer garden

– Die Cabreras 

– Salt mine in Halstatt

– Spanish riding school

– Nonburg Abbey

– Take a horse drawn carriage ride 

– Attend a classic music concert

– Take a gondola ride to get to higher elevation and start your hikes there

– Paddle boats on the lake at Hallstatt

– Boat ride in Interlaken

– Castle Thun tour

– Bodensee

– Vienna

Location #4: The Netherlands

– MUST: fresh stroopwafel from a cart (you KNOW we love stoopwafels!)

– City Mapper

– Floriad flower festival outside of Rotterdam (this sounds so lovely)

– The Rijks Museum

– Corrie Ten Boom house (in Haarlem)

– Rent a bike! (just watch out for the bike lanes! Don’t get squashed)

– Van Gogh Museum

– Tulip market

– Private canals tour

– Visit the North Sea

– Appeltaart

– Go to the coast and the windmills

Location #5: Belgium

– Ghent, Bruges, Antwerp, Brussels

– Sample chocolate at all of the chocolate shops (how can we say no to this?)

– Visit a castle

– The Gulliver Tree for the best tea shop

– Chez Vincent for burger/fries

– Boat ride through Bruges

– Buy chocolate at grocery stores for cheaper chocolate (it’s still delicious)

– Eat: fried cheese, beef stew, mussels, frites with samourai sauce, waffles with Nutella, vol-au-vent met frietjes, pannenkoek met suiker, frietkraam, wafelkraam, 

– Villers-la-Ville Abbey ruins

– Musical Instruments Museum in Brussels

– Louvain outside of Brussels

– Pairi Daiza Zoo

– Ieper/Ypres for WWI history

– Ardennes

– Look for smaller stores in smaller streets

– A boat trip on the Ieien in Gent

Location #6 Normandy/The Northern Coast of France

– Walking along the cliffs

– Ferry

– Traditional galette crepes & cidre

– Saint Malo

– St. Omer – perfect place for a slow dinner

– Pappa Raefalle for pizza!

– Mont St. Michael

Location #7: Dover

– Dover Castle’s WWII exhibit

-White Cliffs 

-James Bond statue

-Cuckmere Haven to view the Seven Sisters

Location #8: London

– Harrods

– Chelsea

– Victoria & Albert museum 

– Sandeman’s walking tour

– Marshall Street

– Indian food

– Maidanvale

– Thames boat tour

– British Museum

– See a show

– Spitalfields market

– Fortnum & Mason for afternoon tea, an ice cream sundae, or to shop! (we couldn’t miss afternoon tea)!

– Dishoom

– Portobello market

– Borough Market

– Churchill War Rooms & Museum

– London Tower

– Liberty’s

– Brasserie Zedel

– Mr. Foggs

– Tour bus

– Hyde Park

– Founder’s Arm pub

– Train out to Windsor

– Any of the Mews 

– Cotswolds

– Globe theater

Location #9: Wales

– Conwy Castle

– Horseshoe Bend

– Mt Snowden

– Illandudno town 

– Thonda Valley

– Cliffs

– Castles

– Hikes

– Caerphilly

– Libraries 

– Welsh cakes (they’re a mix between pancakes and English muffins)

– Gladstone’s Library (a library you can sleep in!)

Thank you to everyone that shared their favorite places to go and foods to eat!