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Switzerland (Honeymoon Part 1 of 3)

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We still pinch ourselves when we think about our honeymoon. We had two backpacks, two plane tickets, and no reservations. Literally. We flew into Zurich, Switzerland - and had a return ticket for 2 weeks later from Pisa, Italy. Anything in between was up to us and our spur of the moment whim. It was liberating and freeing. With our two travel books, we'd simply decide every morning where we'd like to go to next (or if we'd like to stay where we were) - finding cheap rooms on the fly was not hard - and partaking in 'the chase' was often fun. (we only had ONE close call, in Florence. It was a holiday weekend there, and it took us almost 3 hours to find an available room) ;-) Those are the breaks. Our adventure as mentioned, began in Switzerland. From Zurich we took the train to Luzern, a small city on the water. After a couple days spent strolling the cobblestone streets, eating fondue, and shopping for Swiss watches, we ventured on to one of my most favorite places o