Destination: Kugelweg, Hasliberg (Switzerland) Travel Diary: It was a sunny morning, and as often happens on such mornings, we started to feel a sudden urge to go somewhere. Somehow it always happens… like somebody lighted a fire under our butts! This morning the better half of our little family was dreaming of mountains… and the …
Destination: Lüterkofen – Nyon – Geneva – La Garenne School holiday was coming up and we did not have a chance to go on a proper holiday. Unfortunately my dear Husband’s work was stopping us from doing any REAL journeys, so we decided to do a SHORT getaway instead. But how much can you do …
Destination: Melchsee-Frutt, Switzerland Travel Diary: What would you do if you were granted half a day off all of a sudden? Half a day without your beloved, nerve-racking little sweetie pie-monsters, your kids…? Drink champagne and eat chocolate? Party and go wild? Or read a good book without being interrupted? Clean up the house? Go …
Destination: Aquatis.ch, Lausanne (Switzerland) Travel Diary: We had some very dear visitors from our very dear home country, and therefore decided to do something special over the weekend. We had autocratically chosen the destination area beforehand, me and my husband, but now we were discussing what to do once we reach the destination. We were …
Destination: Prehisto – Parc, Réclère My dear husband had already for a long time been seeking good winter tires to our faithful servant, the one and only, Skoda das Auto. Our car might be a bit old, and actually according Swiss standards maybe even from Jurassic era, but we love it and have been trying …
Destination: Papiliorama, Kerzers Our little mermaid princess loves butterflies and dolphins. These water mammals are not so easy to find here in the land of mountains but there’s plenty of butterflies… and we knew of a special place. So we planned a trip to Papiliorama, which is a tropical garden and a jungle built inside …
Destinations: Verkehrshaus (Swiss Museum of Transport), Luzern. Ikea, Rothenburg. Travel Diary, part 1: Verkehrshaus (Swiss Museum of Transport), Luzern Our little prince charming had a very stony week, so to say… He started it by falling from the stairs, making a spectacular somersault and landing head-first. Oh my, that was scary. And the amount of …
Destination: Aare Gorge, Meiringen, Switzerland Travel Diary: When visiting Switzerland, the Alps are definitely one of the must-see-destinations. But what do you know… they are high. And they are steep. And the roads are mostly narrow serpentines. And what if you suffer acrophobia, or the fear of heights with common language? And what if there’s …
Destination: The Middle Earth, better known as Kanton Aargau, Switzerland Travel Diary: Silence. That is definitely one of my favorite things on this noise-filled planet earth. And by silence, I don’t mean the really deaf silence but the kind of silence where you can actually hear your own thoughts. On a normal day, our house is filled with …
Destination: Chateau d’Oex, Switzerland Travel Diary: It was an evening of one of these very exhausting days. Not any particular reason; every parent knows that sometimes days in a family with little ones can be exhausting. Anyway, I was sitting on the couch, surfing the internet, absolutely nothing going through my brain. Empty headed, aimless, …