Discoveries from an unexpected life in Switzerland
A turn of unlikely events led me to a 5am train, heading from Geneva to Florence. A firm believer in taking opportunities when life presents them, I didn’t hesitate in accepting when life offered a spot at the Healing Sessions yoga retreat in the Tuscan countryside on a silver platter....
“Halloween is our family reunion,” my mother used to tell me each October. After several attempts of catechism classes to fit in with her then boyfriend’s long-term plans, the wooden cross was tossed aside with a deep sigh of relief....
I wore dreary shades of black and gray to one of the world’s most colorful locations, Burano. Our vaporetto from Venice had every seat full, with some standing throughout the 40-minute ride across the lagoon. Upon arriving, excitement to see...
We were swept in a herd of tourists mid-September in Venice, each seeking out a truly local experience - the finest Amarone della Valpolicella and grandmother’s homemade cicchetti. ...
It’s funny about places close to home that others travel from far and wide to visit. You don’t. Lausanne, Geneva’s more residential, vibrant, and overall cooler cousin located in the Canton de Vaud, is less than a one-hour drive away. ...
The GoldenPass Belle Époque was reconstructed in 2005 to give our 21st century minds a glimpse into the glorious, albeit brief, period of the original railway from Montreux to Interlaken,...
My gym bag was filled with packets of freezer bags and Russian cheese as I crossed the border from France to Switzerland. Hours prior, I had asked my friend Polina whether she needed anything from the Eastern European spice shop...
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