So I walked from Locarno to Ascona. Normally I would catch a boat or a bus but I checked the map and it looked walkable in about 90 minutes. Probably not the best idea given the temperatures today but...
Carouge – a little something different
Situated close to the centre of Geneva (10 minutes by tram or, if you’re me, a 30-minute walk) is the town of Carouge. Effectively now a suburb, it has a different feel to Geneva and maintains a sense of...
So what did I eat in Ticino?
Food is a big reason why I travel and one of my favorite restaurants is in Lugano. (It’s not the only reason I keep coming back…) The first night I took advantage of asparagus season and had a lovely...
Locarno and Ascona
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...
Basel Fasnacht
As I have friends from Basel, I’ve been hearing about Fasnacht for a long time. Tales of early morning parades and cheese-and-onion pies. After spending an autumn weekend in Basel in 2015 and seeing the sights relating to Fasnacht,...
9 things to do in Meiringen
I figured that quitting my job to travel the world was a thing to be celebrated so I gathered up some friends and headed to Meiringen, a lovely town in the center of Switzerland. It is a great place...