Travel Guide
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Anguilla: Travel Guide + Photo Essay
It feels absolutely absurd posting my Anguilla pictures right now because the world feels like it is on a lock down. What is even the point? After wallowing in my own misery for a few days however, I realized I had to snap out of it. Even if many of us can’t travel like we…
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Photo Essay + Mini Travel Guide: BASEL
THE SHORT: Tram rides, Basel Zoo, Basler Papiermuhle (paper mill), Spielzeug Welten Museum (toy museum), Museum Tinguely, HITrental Marktplatz Apartments Hotel Of all the cities we visited during our week-long travels to Switzerland, Basel goes down as the one where every single thing surpassed my expectations. It’s the type of travel miracle that seldom shows…
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Chateau de Chillon, Montreux, Switzerland
The medieval fortress of Chateau de Chillon on the banks of Lake Geneva in Montreux, dates back to the 12th century, or as my children call it, that-time-before-Alexa. In every guidebook and blog post that I read about travels to Switzerland, I was amazed to see that this fortress popped up as a must-visit destination.…
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Basel Zoo: A Photo Essay
The Basel Zoo tops as one of the five most favorite things we did during our week in Switzerland. It might seem odd that of all things, a zoo made it on the list, since it is something that is easily found in other cities with pretty much the same collection of animals. Here are…
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Swiss Alps: Happiest Place on Earth?
THE SHORT: Skip Interlaken. Pick Murren. Schilthorn. Grindlewald, First Clif Walk, Playgrounds. THE LONG: If there is only one thing you take away from all of what I have to say about Switzerland, it should be GO SEE THE ALPS! It is hard to put into words how beautiful and majectic they are. In hindsight…
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24 hours in Lucerne, Switzerland
THE SHORT: Hotel Central + Chapel Bridge + Carnival + Lake Lucerne Boat Cruise + Sammlung Rosengart museum + Old Town + Pizza La Bestia THE LONG: We landed at Zurich’s Flughafen International airport at 9:00am. And even though Devand and I didn’t get our beauty sleep, we were extrememly happy that the kids had…