A long holiday weekend in early June saw us hiking from north to south through 3 valleys in Ticino. Our hike started above the Val di Vergeletto. We could have hiked up from the valley floor, but it was already noon by the time we arrived and we still had a ways to go so […]
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Savoring Zurich
After our foodie weekends in Göteborg (Gothenburg), Bra and Turin, Alex and I were a bit stumped where to go next. We debated Berlin, London, Helsinki, Copenhagen and several others but tossed them again: too expensive, too far, been there too often, etc. Then Alex suggested Zurich. Zurich? Isn’t that too expensive, you ask? Yes […]
Walking on the Beaches of Usedom
In the far northeastern part of Germany lies the island of Usedom, Germany’s second largest island, and one of the worldwide few islands to be divided by two different countries. After our trip to Rome last February, my mom and I looked into what we wanted to visit this year. We had already visited Rügen, […]
Castles in Lower Austria
For me, a train trip to Vienna is about 8 hour- if all goes well. I love taking the train but even 8 hours is a bit long for me. Instead, I decided to cut the trip in half and leaving work a bit early. Four hours later, I was in Innsbruck and my lovely […]
Between Winter and Spring in Val Müstair
We spent the Easter holiday weekend in Val Müstair, a valley in the far eastern part of Switzerland close to the Italian and Austrian border. We started out early on Good Friday as the weather forecast had predicted that Friday could possibly be the warmest and sunniest day of the holiday weekend. As soon as […]
La Gomera
Our second week on the Canary Islands was spent on the second smallest island of La Gomera. Just as when we arrived in El Hierro several days earlier, it was dark when the ferry docked in San Sebastiàn. We drove along winding roads and through thick fog until we reached where we were staying on […]