Destination: Zürich (Switzerland), London (Great Britain) Travel Diary: This story is about coffee. And about different habits around this topic. If you’ve been reading my stories before, you might have already noticed that I give great value to my coffee. One of the most challenging parts of moving to Switzerland was finding a good coffee …
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: San Pedro del Pinatar, Spain Travel Diary: I grew up on the Bothnian Bay, and so it is that I have always loved the sea. The sounds of the water and the colors related to different seasons and the smell of salty sea air. And yes, that was probably the most difficult thing for …
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, …
Destination: Fontis Bookstore, Aarau, Switzerland Bookaholic’s Travel Diary: It is clear that no matter how much we love exploring the world around us and traveling from one place to another, no one can always be hitting the road again. Firstly, family. It is not always that simple to drag the little kids everywhere with you. …
Destination: Mountain Weissenstein, Solothurn, Switzerland Travel Diary: ”Mommy, where is the sun?” It is the question my two-year-old asks every morning, usually over the breakfast table. And every morning, I give him the same answer: “Sweetie, I think the sun is hiding behind the clouds. This particular morning we were eating breakfast at grandma’s, and …
Destination: Bad Schinznah, Schinznach Bad, Switzerland Travel Diary: This year we had a rather busy autumn. My dear husband started a new job, we moved to a new home, and we celebrated my 40th birthday just to mention a few things. And of course, our precious princess started in a new pre-school, and we all …
Destination: Finland Travel Diary: As some of you may already know, Finland is my original home country. That is probably, why I don’t think of traveling there as ”traveling”… maybe that is also the reason why it is the only one place in the whole wide world where I would go with two little kids, …
Destination: Zwärgliweg, Bannalp, Oberrickenbach, Switzerland Travel Diary: It was a beautiful Sunday morning, and we were not feeling like staying at home. Instead, we decided to load our stuff and kids into the car and head to our favorite place in the mountains. That would be The Valley of Engelberg, a paradise on earth. Only …
Destination: Hallwilersee, Aesch, Switzerland Travel Diary: Last Friday my dear husband had a day off from work, so we decided to do something together, the whole family. The weather podcast promised warm but not steaming hot – what a perfect day for a Finn to go for a picnic at the lakeshore! But where…? My …