Wine Tasting in Lavaux, Switzerland

September 5, 2010 5 comments

September is the month in which the harvesting of the grapes takes place. During this time of the year, little villages in canton Vaud are filled with people enjoying open air festivals, such as the Fête des Vendages de Lutry taking place the weekend of the 24th to the 26th of September. Since 2007, Lavaux [...]

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A Day in Annecy, France

August 31, 2010 4 comments

Last Weekend we drove to Annecy, a little town in France with only around 50.000 habitants (which probably doubles during summer time). Even though we knew we were in France, we could feel a certain swiss-italian air around us – the lake, the Alps, the numerous restaurants and cafes, the unending ice cream offer… and [...]

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Around the World III

August 30, 2010 0 comments

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A Lucky Story (II)

August 27, 2010 3 comments

And there I was, standing in the front of hundreds of people staring at me asking themselves the same question: Who the hell is that girl? I must say, I wasn’t the only one receiving a prize that night. We were three winners: one guy got a ticket to anywhere in Europe because it was [...]

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A Lucky Story (Part I)

August 25, 2010 1 comment

Guess a number. But not any number. The number of flights a travel agent books during a year. This question was key in my company’s Christmas / New Year’s dinner Quiz, but more specifically, how many flights the company’s travel agent booked between January 2009 and January 2010. I had just spent my first 3 [...]

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Top 5 City Ranking (according to me)

August 21, 2010 4 comments

The other day I decided to check out this years Mercer’s city ranking for quality of living worldwide. Not surprisingly, Switzerland has 3 cities in the Top 10 (Bern, Zurich and Geneva). I’m sure it’s high quality of life in many senses: low criminality, clean streets, efficient transport service (all this thanks to all the [...]

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NZ Road Trip #6: Southern Island Glaciers

August 5, 2010 0 comments

Franz Joseph Glacier from the Helicopter It has been ages since I last wrote on the journal of the trip, but only because I was carefully searching the best way to describe the next chapter, which was definitely one of my favorites: the Glacier hike! When we crossed over from Wellington to the Southern Island, [...]

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36 Hours Madrid Non-Stop

July 31, 2010 3 comments

I’m flying to Madrid this weekend! Ok, august isn’t precisely the best month to spend it in the capital – it’s hot and there’s really not much going on. I guess most of the people manage to jump over to Ibiza and Formentera, or at least to drive their way to Costa Brava. But still [...]

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Moving!

June 18, 2010 0 comments

I’m moving into my new apartment beginning of July and I need to furnish it completely (I’m not even sure it includes a mirror in the bathroom…!). In the last couple of weeks I’ve been investigating a lot about all kind of basic furniture – say the essential to live comfortably. During lunch break and [...]

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NZ Road Trip #5: Wellington

June 17, 2010 0 comments

Its a while since I last wrote on my trip around New Zealand – I have to catch up before my alzheimer starts having short-term effects on good memories (I’m not sure if these issues as caused by the alcohol or by the overload of finance-related issues that bounce in my head – of course, [...]

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