As our blog title suggests, there will be a few more castles on this trip.

On our first shared trip to Europe a few years ago, I promised a reluctant Ian that he would have to endure only one castle, one ancient ruin, and one great cathedral. And so he did. But afterwards, he wanted more.

So this trip will be a riot of castles, ruins, cathedrals and more, wandering mostly north from Switzerland to Denmark. All on Europe’s wonderful trains … and the occasional ferry.  At the end, we’ll spend some time in a completely different European environment – sailing the Norwegian coast on a Hurtigruten coastal ferry.

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