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. ...
A Quest to Find a Venice Less Traveled
How to spend 24 Hours in Lausanne, Switzerland
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. ...
Aboard Switzerland’s GoldenPass Belle Époque Train
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,...
Photo Diaries: Beaufort, France
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...
Les Bains des Pâquis: Geneva’s Holy Grail
They say that high performers are early risers. It was 4:50 a.m. and I felt like achieving nothing. I was attempting to slip away from beneath my bed sheets to greet the dawn at les Aubes Musicales, the sunrise concerts...
Becoming a Mountain Woman in La Dôle
Driving past Geneva and its neighboring villages, one spots two glimmering white globes and tower at 1,677 meters above sea level, serving as both a weather observatory and protector of the radar antenna of the Swiss air navigation service. “That’s...
Celebrating Swiss National Day in France
“C’est le premier août ! Le bar est ouvert !” It was 10:30 a.m. and we were boarding a steamboat to celebrate Switzerland’s 733rd birthday in neighboring France. We herded like cattle amongst elderly Swiss German and French speaking tourists,...
