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It's surreal to see my last garden update which was more than 3 months ago, and compare it to how my garden looks at the moment. It's been ages since my last post as the house reno…

I must say that I haven't been in our garden since November when I spent one week preparing it for winter, so I had my concerns when I decided last week that I should find some tim…

We didn't think that our niece and nephew could handle a trip to the mountains right after they arrived in Switzerland. They spent almost 11 hours on road, came late in the evening…

Engelberg is a small Alpine town in the heart of Switzerland. The town itself is worth your visit, but I'm not going to take you around it today. Instead, I will show you its surro…

Two weeks ago we had a family visit from the Netherlands. My brother-in-law came for three days with his wife and their two small kids. We had a lot of fun, but I must admit that i…

This time, I did a research about Arbon, but I completely forgot that there was a castle too, so imagine my surprise when we drove through the old town and saw this beautiful castl…

Last time I told you that we don't have much time to go away during the weekends and that we spend most of our free time working on the house. Even though it is true we spent yet a…

Last time, I promised to show you around a castle that we've visited in Zug last week, so let's do it! I honestly thought that we visited all castles in German speaking Switzerland…

In the past, we used to plan our weekends many weeks in advance, but since we're busy with the house renovation we don't know if we'll have the energy to do something, so we simply…

Let's enjoy the second part of our Waldshut-Tiengen day trip - let's explore **Waldshut**! This historic town is about 8 km away from Tiengen. At first, we didn't plan to go there,…

We returned from Slovakia on Friday, and kept the weekend free to recharge our batteries after the travel. We stayed at home on Saturday, but then we realized that Sunday would be …

You might be wondering why I chose such a title for my post, or not. Currently, we're back in my hometown which is close to the Ukrainian border. Last weekend, we went with my mom …

It has become a tradition to meet our dear friends priyanarc and blind-spot when we're visiting our family in The Netherlands. We would either go for dinner or do something fun (ho…

First of all I would like to wish you all a happy new year even though I'm more than one week late. The year didn't start very well for us which is also the reason of my two weeks …

A couple of weeks ago we have visited the beautiful city of **Bern**. While my husband was working in the office I was enjoying the festive atmosphere. I was surprised to see that …

You might know already that I have a soft spot for **Stein am Rhein**. It is our go to place when we don't have any weekend plans, but still want to go outside. We have already lef…

Last week, my husband had to go to his company offices in Bern, and I took the opportunity to visit this beautiful city and joined him. While he was working all day I was enjoying …

I think you know already that I love Christmas time. I'm not talking about a couple of days when we celebrate, but about the entire month of December filled with ornaments, lights,…

Christmas is behind the corner and as always we will be spending it with our family, so we have to get ready. December is the month of Christmas markets and this is where we get Ch…

When people find out that we live in Switzerland they usually ask us if we live in the mountains and if we have a lot of snow in winter. They are always surprised that we have to d…