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Every trip, detour, and bad idea that turned out great.
Our honeymoon by rail
July 2025: we honeymooned by train from Cologne to Rome, with a long stop in the Swiss Alps.
Cologne
How a business trip to Germany turned into a honeymoon by train, and why the cathedral is the first thing you see when you step off the platform.
Wengen
A cog railway, a village with no cars, and a hotel with a view that ruined every other view for us. Our base for Jungfraujoch, Männlichen, and Kleine Scheidegg.
Venice
From Alpine meadows to a city built on water. Why Venice earned extra nights on our itinerary, and how to get lost the right way.
Rome
The last leg of our first big train loop. Rome is loud, gorgeous, and older than anything else we saw, which is saying something after a 632-year-old cathedral.
The cities we cut
Amsterdam and Florence were on the plan. Then we did the math on train days versus actual days, and gave that time to the Alps and Venice instead.
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