It’s been over five years since I knew about the existence of the International Hot Air Balloon Festival that takes place for 2 weeks at the end of January in Chateau d’Oex, a little village in the mountains in the French speaking part of Switzerland. The timing was finally right…
View PostIt was always my dream to see the tulips in Keukenhof with my very own eyes. I was glad we were able to make this trip when visiting our Dutch relatives in Leiden in May 2015. Keukenhof Gardens Also known as the Garden of Europe, Keukenhof is one of the…
View PostThe company I work for always hosts an event before we head for our Christmas dinner. One year, it was to try our hands at making chocolates at the Lindt Chocolate Factory in Zurich. It was lots of fun! When the doors open, it felt like Christmas had arrived. Needless…
View PostWhen I first saw pictures of Chefchaouen, the blue mountain village in Northern Morocco, I was adamant we had to go there. It was a very long drive of around 5 hours from Rabat. Leaving Rabat and getting stuck in the traffic of the capital city was quite a nightmare.…
View PostZermatt is a tiny mountain village, 1620m above sea level, in the district of Visp in canton Wallis that was made famous after the famous Matterhorn was first scaled back towards the end of the 19th century. The entire town is a car-free zone in order to prevent air pollution. The only…
View PostI’ve wanted to go up the Jungfrau for a long time but the steep prices was what always stopped us. Finally in August 2014 we decided to do the trip. We drove to Lauterbrunnen, the land of waterfalls and took the train up to Kleine Scheidegg. From there we went…
View PostThere were several reasons why we decided to do the day trip to Essaouira from Marrakech: We were told we would see goats in trees on the way The hairdresser I went to the day before highly recommended it We wouldn’t mind some fresh and cheap seafood and a walk…
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