Hello from the hamlet of Lutzenberg, Switzerland. We’ve just arrived for the first leg of our “Around the World in 86 days” extravaganza. Having spent much of the past 6 months carefully crafting and refining the most challenging adventure yet, I am delighted and relieved to just start! My intention is to write more regularly (and less lengthily) so you can come along for the ride. You’ve never heard of Lutzenberg. Neither had I. But the location, at the crossroads (or cross-lake, more accurately) of Germany, Austria, and Switzerland can’t be beat. Nor can the view from our oversized terrace facing Lake Constance, known here as Bodensee. If we look to the right, we see Austria. If we look straight across the lake, we see Germany. Meanwhile, “home” is in the bucolic canton of Appenzell in Switzerland. To give an example of how this four country thing comes into play,…
