Slow travel in Geneva, Switzerland & nearby France
Compared to its French neighbor Paris, a mere three-hour train ride away, Geneva is often associated with images of skis or Gruyere cheese, rather than romance. However Geneva's translucent waters and swans is inspiration enough to cite poetry, and even inspired philosopher and writer Jean Jacques Rousseau to compose such passionate letters between lovers that the novel was once banned....
From the outside looking in, Megève resembles the inside of a snow globe, with attributes that distinguish the winter magic of French Alpine resorts. Megève is how I envision Santa’s workshop, but instead of Polly Pockets and Legos, his team of elves produce Rolex watches and Dior sunglasses....
For years I dreamt of living in a French-speaking country. While I job hunted in France, Morocco, Canada, and even Pondicherry, India, Switzerland never crossed my radar....
Celebrated on 12 December, the Escalade commemorates the victory of Protestant Geneva in 1602 against the conquest of the Duke of Savoy and his Catholic cronies....
Paris is a city that attracts old souls- romantics whose hearts ache for a time in which they weren’t even born. Paris in the early 20th century was a time in which the world embraced change. Paris’s heart was beating at an unprecedented pace. To be at its center was to feel alive....
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....
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