Months ago, I wrapped up over a decade of adventures in Switzerland, which I will always call a home. I am grateful for all the experiences (the good and the bad) and I miss a lot of things in Geneva terribly. However, I have a feeling that this new chapter of my life will have…
Home Cooking: Our Take on Pasta alla Vodka
Pasta alla vodka has been a popular dish in the internet for a couple of years now. I have to be honest, I’ve never been interested in trying it because we have so much more amazing go-to pasta dishes at home. Plus, I’ve never seen an Italian restaurant here in Geneva or the places we’ve…
Travelling In Time of COVID-19
Today, 27 February 2021, Geneva commemorates the first case of COVID-19 patient recorded. Many of us who have been used to travelling as part of our lives, whether it is for work or as part of our self-care routine, were suddenly “grounded “ for almost a year. As some parts of the world eases up…
My 2020’s Best Nine: Hiking Edition
I have always loved hiking as an outdoor activity ever since I moved to Geneva. For Aaron and myself, hiking was a good way of combining exercising, spending time with nature, and good long talks. When COVID-19 pandemic hit home last year, hiking (and other outdoor activities like cycling) became one of our favorite weekend…
2020 Summer Road Trip: Valpolicella, Venice, and Verona (Part 3)
13 days, 2,400 kilometers of drive, and a total 139,894 steps of hiking and walking or 93.1 kilometers: this is the story of our summer road trip. From Camorino/Belinzona, Switzerland, we continued our roadtrip by driving to the north of Italy. Italy was the epicenter of the first wave of COVID-19 in Europe – the…
2020 Summer Road Trip: Bellinzona, Switzerland (Part 2)
13 days, 2,400 kilometers of drive, and a total 139,894 steps of hiking and walking or 93.1 kilometers: this is the story of our summer road trip. For the second part of our road trip, we headed to the southern part of Switzerland. We stayed at Camorino, which is just few minutes drive to Bellinzona,…
2020 Summer Road Trip: Grindelwald, Switzerland (Part 1)
13 days, 2,400 kilometers of drive, and a total 139,894 steps of hiking and walking or 93.1 kilometers: this is the story of our summer road trip. When we were working on our travel wishlist for 2020 earlier this year, we had many plans – Greece, Croatia, Norway, Kenya, maybe even Canada. But COVID-19 had…
Swiss Hiking Series: Lauterbrunnen and Gimmelwald
If New Zealand was Peter Jackson’s vision of Middle Earth, did you know that Tolkien’s Middle Earth was actually inspired by Switzerland? Lauterbrunnen, the valley of 72 waterfalls, is said to be Tolkien’s inspiration for Rivendell. Lauterbrunnen and Gimmelwald are villages in the district of Interlaken, in the Canton of Bern. Interlaken is one of…
St. Moritz, Switzerland : Remembering Our Last Trip
Weeks before COVID-19 was declared a pandemic crisis and before the Swiss government partially shutdown the country, we had our last holiday trip in St. Moritz. It was the first week of March and it feels like ages ago. We were supposed to go to Kiruna, Sweden for Aaron’s birthday in late February to catch…
Salads with Za’atar: 3 Ways
Za’atar is a mixture of herbs and spices, such as sumac and sesame seeds, commonly found in the Middle East and some parts of the Mediterranean. I was introduced to za’atar by a friend years ago when we were shopping in a Lebanese supermarket. Since then, za’atar has been a mainstay in my pantry. The…
“Life is a journey, not a destination” 