You know how this goes. I was a language student; I had a compulsory year abroad immersed in my target language and I lived in Switzerland and attended a French language school. I lived in Neuchâtel, an hour or so from the French border in western Switzerland which is why I only made it to … More Year Abroad: sunny Lugano
We’re going to talk about my year abroad again! Specifically, the beautiful summer day in – well, I’d tell you but my photos are tagged Jan 1st 2001 and I didn’t write a diary. Anyway, it was the summer of 2005 – when I took a very scenic train ride to Arosa, a former health … More A scenic train ride to Arosa
I know, this is unseasonal but it’s so hot, don’t you all want to see some snow? I know I’d kill to be rolling around in it right now. This is a story from my Year Abroad and we’re specifically going back to January 2006 when my triplets and I went to the International Balloon … More A day at the International Balloon Festival at Château-d’Œx
If you want to follow the story so far, I’ve talked about: Anita’s B&B, Monday in the Lauterbrunnen Valley, Tuesday at Our Chalet, Wednesday in Neuchâtel and Thursday at Reichenbach Falls and on the Brienzersee. Friday was a light day for our driver. I’m still kind of bitter and bemused over how much we paid … More Switzerland 2014: St Beatus Caves, a boat trip and a rainstorm
It’s now Thursday on my 2014 county trip to Switzerland and today we’re off to Reichenbach Falls and we’re going to return to Interlaken on a boat across the Brienzersee. I’ve already covered Anita’s B&B, Monday in the Lauterbrunnen Valley, Tuesday at Our Chalet (is on its way) and Wednesday in Neuchâtel and Yverdon-les-Bains and … More Switzerland 2014: Reichenbach Falls & a boat trip on Brienzersee
Now we’re back on track! This is my county trip to Switzerland in 2014 and after starting in the wrong place, I’m now getting my days in the right order. Today is Wednesday and I’m going solo, off to my adopted home city of Neuchâtel and for a little spa afternoon at Yverdon-les-Bains. The story … More Switzerland 2014: My day off in Neuchâtel and Yverdon-les-Bains
Today I want to ramble a little incoherently about a trip I did to Zurich in 2010. I’ve never talked about it before simply because I’ve never had much to say about it. I remember very little – I remember aimlessly wandering Basel and I remember 6am in the back streets of Zurich and the … More Sleepless in Zurich
Over the Christmas break, I reorganised this blog a bit – added clickable maps to the travel stuff and made the adventures into a page rather than an endless warren of nested menus – and in the process, I discovered where I had blank spaces. Enough blank spaces to occupy a full quarter of the … More Switzerland 2014: A day in the Lauterbrunnen Valley
It’s September, it’s back-to-school season and although all that means to someone of my age is that it’s time to go back to Brownies, I thought I’d give you a quick tour of my year abroad student room in Switzerland. That’s partly because this is a travel blog and partly because I had a film … More Year abroad student room tour
Of all the stuff I did on my year abroad in Switzerland all those years ago, the Pilatus Golden Round Trip was probably my favourite. It’s Switzerland in microcosm, the best of the entire country all in one beautiful day. You start out in Luzern, which I’m obstinately spelling the German way, even though in … More The Pilatus Golden Round Trip
I Am A Polar Bear 