Since I came back from Lapland, weather hasn’t been great… It seems that, since we burnt the Böögg in April, the clouds have decided to stay in Switzerland. Temperature hasn’t improved a lot, we are still wearing coats and scarfs in late May. And it’s been raining for weeks.. Or, […]
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When I started planing this trip to Lapland, I was sure I wanted to do one special activity there. For a region where snow covers everything for most part of the year, there are so many things to do there… Cross country ski, snowshoeing, ice fishing… I can do a […]
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I know, the title of this post can be a bit misleading… If you know Dublin, then you could think that the photos I’m going to show you are from any Saturday night in Temple Bar or any other pub 😛 But no, this post is about the other wild […]
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If there is a Swiss tradition that I was looking forward to seeing that is the Alpabfarht. What is the Alpabfarht? The Alpabfarht (from German, means the drive from the mountain pastures) takes place when the farmers take their cows (or goats or sheep) back to their sheds after they […]
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Once upon a time, there were two giants in the Swiss Alps. They were made of ice and they lived up in the highest summits. From there, they covered huge extensions. Their power was huge. You couldn’t see them moving, but they did, slowly. And in their step, they transformed […]
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Last week it was our fifth wedding anniversary and we decided to make something truly special to celebrate it. We spent the weekend in one of the most beautiful areas of Switzerland: Zermatt, a little town in the valley of Matter, in Canton Valais, surrounded by some of the highest […]
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Despite of Böögg’s prediction for this year, summer is being great in Switzerland. It is often hot, most of the days are sunny and weekend plans like making a barbecue at the lake followed by a swim are often the most appealing these days. But I am trying to not getting too […]
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There are some places where it takes longer for the summer to arrive. You may be thinking about the northern countries like those in Scandinavia, Iceland, Greenland… Well, here in Switzerland we have also some of these locations! There are still a few glaciers in the Alps (sadly, they are […]
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My obsession with foxes began in Ireland. One morning I opened the window and there it was, a fox under my window… a very brief sight of an urban fox followed by other two in a very short time… And then I discovered two photographers on Instagram that take beautiful […]
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