Tag: Switzerland

• Altitude too High

  

  Well, the views are fantastic and I hate the altitude. Surprise. So dry. We wake up several times a night due to lack of moisture in our bodies. Midnight water guzzling is a newly acquired survival habit. Our skin is dry. We are constantly applying lotion to little affect. Dry eyes. I feel too close…

  Kelly Ballard

  November 8, 2023

  Attractions, Discovery, Humor, Stories, Travel

  Altitude, Empty Nest, Europe, Journey, Over 50, Switzerland, Travel

• Quiet in Switzerland

  

  For the first two weeks of November we are in Switzerland. Perched on the side of the mountain in the small village of Vercorin. The views are stunning. The altitude is high and the air is dry like the desert. My long fingernails are breaking one by one. We have been on this grand tour…

  Kelly Ballard

  November 4, 2023

  Airbnb, Discovery, History, Restaurants, Sight-seeing, Transformation, Travel

  Empty Nest, Europe, History, Journey, New Beginning, Over 50, Switzerland, Tour, Travel, Vercorin