Neuschwanstein CastleWe spent a final morning with our friends Edith, Harald, Julian, and Enrico. I went shopping for Strumphosen (something in between long underwear and tights that are worn by children of both genders) for Matthew as the days were chilly and we were all catching colds. Then we returned to Edith's for one more traditional lunch of sausages (Weisswurst, weinerwurst, and bratwurst), mustard and pretzels before heading to Kirchenthumbach to visit our other friends there.
My dad arrived on the train into Pegnitz this evening and we went to pick him up. He was delayed for ~ an hour so Conrad and I went to the local grocery store to pick up a few items for our stay.
It was so wonderful to meet up with this incredible family again. The parents, Helen and Conrad, are from the UK and Germany respectively. Their 3 kids, ages 9, 6 and 3 speak eloquently in both languages. In fact, they can start a sentence in one language and then turn to someone else and finish in the other language. They quickly learned that we were english-speakers, though my dad's German was good enough to convince the youngest, Lily Mae, that he must be a German speaker so she would always change her language to address him.
These friends are vegetarian so we joined them for their own version of Brotzeit with lots of traditional German bread, cheese, and fruit.
Excellent travel advice and service
This is my second experience working with Adventure Life. I’m sold. Jess Heuermann is an experienced traveler and provides a lot of useful information when planning a trip. These are the questions I like to ask at the outset - What’s it like to go here, there, what would you suggest, what do people report, can we add any additional side trips? Jess took the time to answer my questions and seek additional information to share with me. Petchie Colina is outstanding in helping with travel logistics and final preparations. Adventure Life has excellent guides and offers private guides and small group adventures. We enjoyed the opportunity to talk with the guides and drivers to learn more about their countries, cultures and histories. A highlight was having the guides pick local restaurants where we could share meals together. Highly recommend.
Claire Cordon
5 days ago
Our six-day tour in Iceland went smoothly with one exception. We had asked for two rooms each night. Somehow we were booked with one room with three beds. It could not be fixed at the first hotel in Reykjavik because the hotel was fully booked. Once informed of the problem, however, Adventure Life rebooked for two rooms for the remainder of the trip. As an 85-year-old traveler, I appreciated that one could participate at different physical levels at many of the stops. Iceland is a great place to visit but on the expensive side.
Mary Warren
6 days ago
Jess was very easy going and answered all our questions. It’s not easy dealing with 6 people at once but she did an outstanding job!
Diane Foster
1 week ago
Kassandra and the Adventure Life team have been incredible! Kassandra was very knowledgeable and attentive to our asks while making sure we kept within our budget. This was our first experience with a travel agent and we were blown away by the booking/initial exploration service. We will use Adventure Life again.