Expedition Eldredge

On a four-day weekend, we decided to drive to Switzerland, so we could go camping and hiking. This was the first time either of us had been to Switzerland, so it was exciting to see a new country and the famous Swiss Alps!  It's a hike  to Switzerland (pun intended). From Kaiserslautern, it's roughly a seven-hour drive. If that seems too long a trip for you, then you can easily spend the night in Basel or Bern in order to break up the drive. The drive was absolutely wonderful. More on that later... Be warned that when you get to the border of Switzerland, there are two lines. One is for people that already have a motorway sticker (vignette), and one is for people that need to purchase one. If you have not purchased one, then you will need to go in the right lane, park, and go inside the building to purchase your vignette for 38.50 € (or the equivalent of 40 CHF). The 2016 sticker is good through January 31, 2017. Each 'year' sticker is valid from the Decem...

For my Dad's 60th birthday last year, by Stepmom gifted him a trip to Scotland, so he could golf all the most famous courses in Scotland. They topped off their trip with a weekend in Dublin, so we flew up to meet them and two of my cousins. We had a late flight in on Aer Lingus out of Frankfurt. I've flown on Spirit Air, Ryanair, Vueling, etc. Aer Lingus was by far the worst experience I have ever had flying. Our flight was an hour and a half late leaving Frankfurt. They would not let us bring food or drink onto the airplane. They actually made us throw away our Starbuck's coffees because they wanted us to purchase the crappy coffee on the airplane. It was one thing after another, so beware when flying Aer Lingus.  We got in late, but we wanted to do something before calling it a night. I was starving, so we found a Chips stand that was still open. I ordered garlic chips and Nate got curry chips. They were delicious, and as we were eating them next to the stand...