My final day in Ticino was also Mother’s Day which made a leisurely Sunday lunch a less viable option because that’s what everyone else was doing. So I hopped on a train and headed to Locarno. After yesterday’s exertions, the...
From Monte San Salvatore to Morcote
I didn’t have any real plans today but hiking was definitely not part of the plans I didn’t have. So what did I do…? I started the day with the funicular to the top of Monte San Salvatore and...
Feels like home!
I know that the world is a big place and there is so much of it that I still want to see. But there will always be the places I keep going back to. As my cousin said recently,...
A stolen day in Zurich
Having tickets to two concerts on consecutive nights gave me the bonus of a free day in Zurich and the opportunity to see something new. Pixel Zoo Ocean has been open since 2023 and is situated in a random...
Intentions for 2024
I didn’t do too badly with my intentions for 2023 but there is still room for improvement. So the overall aim is to make 2024 a happy, productive year with new experiences and old friends. Here are my intentions: Make...
Sleep is apparently overrated
Insomnia is my friend tonight so I’m lying in bed, blasting country music (through headphones cos I’m considerate) and re-reading my old blog posts – so many good memories. Spoke to a friend today who was requesting new blog...
Intentions for 2023
I looked back at my intentions for 2022 and it’s disappointing how poorly I did at achieving any of them. I think I basically need to try again with the same intentions this year. The only one I was...
Happy New Year!
2022 was a better year for me. Still not life as we know it but definitely living. I traveled enough to feel guilty about my part in contributing to climate change and my only mitigation is that I’m pretty...
Intentions for 2022
For a whole variety of reasons, I decided that my new year would start on February 1. So here are some thoughts and intentions for this *new* beginning. I started 2022 a lot brighter than I started 2021 –...
Travel summary 2021 (and 2020)
I did write a travel summary for 2020 but I didn’t post it because it was too damn depressing. But here it is now: Travel summary 2020: The irony in that title is palpable. It is 305 days since...