Swiss-Austria-Germany 14/6/25
Drove down to Bergen - Austria 🇦🇹 
from Zurich after Breakfast. Had Vegetarian Pizza, at Bergen for Lunch. Walked along the Konstanz (Bodensee) lake and drove to Lindau (Germany) for dinner (Masal Dosa) at Street Kazhana.
On 31/5/25 we ventured fir a 6km walk around Zurichsee - 30 min from home. A nice place for evening walks. The path around the lake is 140kms. We (Shalini, Nirmalya and I) had a nice 6km walk before we returned home. There are camping provisions in the area. 
1.6.25 - Planing for a trekking around Appenzell 85 kms from home. Got up at 5:30am, brushed, bathed, meditated, had breakfast (Strawberries, Blueberries, Poha Upma and Sanjeevani) Nirmalya and Shalini explained nicely about their journey in acquiring their platinum AI card. Let me see if I could get a gold card😊. Had started at 8:40am. Took our jackets and walking sticks. Nirmalya my son in law drove and we reached Appenzell and started the trekking at 10:30am to see the Seealpsee a lake atop the mountains. On our way to the lake we took a detour to have Butterbrot (Butter Bread) and Yogurt from a farm store. After the snacks took a dip (leg alone) at the lake’s chill water. It was refreshing and rejuvenating, it took away all the stress and pain in the legs
Seealpsee - the lake atop the mountains which was our trekking destination.
Flammkuchen - Veggie version
The restaurant just before the lake that severed us with Butter bread.
The restaurants cows, who’s milk was used to make the butter that we had😊.
The restaurant that served us Flammkuchen - Veggie version.
Butterbrott 😀
Guess distance to our destination 😀
we followed a tougher route and not the service lane while climbing but resorted to service lane down hill.
Down hill we had yummy 🤤 Cone ice cream from a self served vending machine at 3 CHF each.
On our way back my daughter Shalini drove back.
It was a lovely trekking experience which we all liked thoroughly🤩.
Further climbing up from the lake would have taken us to the hill top hut which one could stay over night😱.
Here is the link to the GoPro recording of our trekking.
Took a trip with Kala(Wife) and Shalini(Daughter) on a Baltic cruise, in Serenade of seas owned by Royal Caribbean. Spent eight days sailing ⛵️ in Baltic sea 19th May to 27th May-2017, starting from Copenhagen-Denmark 🇩🇰 and visiting Stockholm-Sweden 🇸🇪, Tallinn-Estonia 🇪🇪, Saint Petersburg, Pushkin-Russia 🇷🇺, Helsinki-Finland 🇫🇮 and back to Copenhagen- Denmark. A memorable trip. Here are some photos too. Worth the trip.
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| Copenhagen water front |
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| Catherine palace at Saint Petersburg. |
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| Walls decked with gold end to end |
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| Cruise’s deck Caption Christoph was at ease and friendly |
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| Sweden- Blue hall in Stockholm were Nobel prizes are given every year. |
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| Serenade of the sea’s centrum. The cruise ship had 9 floors in all.. |
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| With Shalini in Copenhagen water front |
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| Tallin Market square - Estonia’s capital |
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| From our rooms Balcony - Sun Set |
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| Helsinki- Finland |
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| spilt blood - Russia |
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| Stockholm’s “Dalia” wooden horse dolls. |
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| Place for various flags in the ship’s deck. The cruise would hoist the countries flag when it enters its waters. |
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| With Kala by Serenade of the seas -Docked |
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| Kids to school with their teacher - Stockholm |
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| Nyhavn - Fabulous joint where people from various countries congregate to have street food. |
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| Inside our room in the cruise |
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| Stockholm - Noble prize Venue |
