This blog covers Murray and Kathryn’s May/June 2013 visit to:

Italy:
Rome, Mt Vesuvius & Pompeii, Florence, San Gimignano, Siena, Pisa, Cinque Terre, Venice
Austria:
Vienna, Salzburg, Hallstatt, Werfen
Germany:
Berchtesgaden, Obersalzberg, Munich, Fussen, Friedrichshafen
Switzerland:
Lucerne, Jungfraujoch, Grindewald, Bern, Zermatt, Gornergrat, Geneva
France:
Annecy, Chamonix

Looks busy but some of the small places can be easily seen during a day, or en route.  There are plenty of easy days amongst the busier city days.

Entry point: Rome
Exit point: Geneva

Travel:
Wellington – Auckland: Air New Zealand Airbus A320
Auckland – Singapore: Singapore Airlines Boeing 777-300ER
Singapore – Frankfurt: Lufthansa Airbus A380-800
Frankfurt – Rome: Lufthansa Airbus A321
Italy by train: Trenitalia.
Austria by train: OBB
Germany by train: DB (Deutsche Bahn)
Lake Constance ferry: BSB
Switzerland by train: SBB
Geneva/Annecy by bus: Frossard
Geneva/Chamonix by bus: SAT
Day trips from Rome and Florence by tour company coaches
Geneva – Frankfurt: Lufthansa Embraer 190
Frankfurt – Bangkok: Lufthansa Boeing 747-400
Bangkok – Auckland: Thai Airways Boeing 777-200
Auckland – Wellington: Air New Zealand Boeing 737-300

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  1. E Lammers says:
    June 18, 2014 at 9:23 am

    Thank you! Your pictures and captions have entertained and convinced me to schedule visits the Werfen Ice Caves and Hallstadt salt mines on our upcoming family trip. I had read so many differing reviews, but your sequential photos really helped.

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