Vienna City Marathon – Been There, Run That

Running the Vienna City Marathon in April 2023.

I tried to get into the New York City Marathon via lotto and didn’t get picked. Your loss, NYC! Instead, Brian and I packed up and flew to Vienna, Austria so I could run the Vienna City Marathon instead. (Well, the half marathon anyway…) The Vienna City Marathon is huge…

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Things I Wish I Knew Before I Went to Switzerland

These Switzerland tips aren’t flowery, poetic, or otherwise incredibly entertaining. But hopefully if you’re preparing for a trip to Switzerland, you’ll find it informative! These were questions I had when I was planning our visit to the Swiss Riviera and the Berner Oberland region that I found hard to find…

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First Cliff Walk in Grindelwald, Switzerland

First Cliff Walk

Although it was truly our “first” cliff walk, it’s actually pronounced Feerst and is the name of a mountain near Grindelwald in the Berner-Oberland region of Switzerland. The First Cliff Walk is a 300 meter long, extremely high elevated walkway that sometimes hugs the cliffs of the mountain and sometimes…

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Paragliding in Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland

Paragliding in Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland

I really wanted the name of this post to be something less mundane because paragliding in Lauterbrunnen was anything but boring, and definitely deserves a pithier title! Here’s our experience though, in a straightforward nutshell so I figured I’d go with a straightforward title. There, now we’re done with the…

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