If you’re one of these people who wants travel to change you, you have to give up notions of comfort and ease. Before you balk, let me explain.
Read MoreFrom having moved internationally more than once, I can say that every country has its own laws about animals. The Swiss laws around pets, though, are unlike anything I’ve yet encountered.
Read MoreSomehow, we’ve wrapped the first quarter of 2024? Which means I’ve compiled and tidied up my reading list for the beginning of the year, too.
Read MoreI wondered how I could winnow out how I’ve found the best tour guides I’ve had on my travels and managed to boil down my experiences to four key tips and tricks.
Read MoreThe era of the classic corporate expat—and the traditional expat in general—has declined precipitously in recent years for three primary reasons.
Read MoreA good winter fondue in the Alpine regions of Switzerland and France is a treat savored with friends and family, especially welcome after several hours in the snow.
Read MoreWho wouldn’t want a feast of crepes? La Chandeleur in France has a long history and a few fun traditions to go with the piles and piles of sweet crepes on everyone’s plates.
Read MoreFrankly, we really should apply the principles of healthy eating—what we put into our bodies—to what we put on our bodies.
Read MoreHow I rounded out the 2023 reading year, with my favorites of the quarter in bold and links to the rest of the year’s lists.
Read MoreHow does Lausanne in Switzerland celebrate New Year’s Eve? Why, it fake-burns its gothic cathedral, of course.
Read MoreSAD or just the season? it seems unreasonable to assume that seasons don’t affect humans when they affect everything else. We live in the atmosphere, after all. Even when we sometimes wish we did not.
Read MoreSwitzerland doesn’t have a feast of thanksgiving, but it does have the opposite: A day of fasting. Say what? Here’s the full story of the Swiss federal fasting day, including its history and how it’s celebrated.
Read MoreAttentively warding off any tendencies toward creeping bad eating habits and keeping an eye out for “alone” turning into “lonely” mean, in my thinking, that eating alone has far greater benefits than it does risks.
Read MoreYou’ll have more than plenty to see in Strasbourg—and if you have enough time, I’d recommend you visit other cities and sites in the region as well!
Read MoreWith a few days in Strasbourg—one of the can’t-miss cities in France—you can see the must-see sites I’ve listed plus at least one or two of the mix-and-match options I’ve shared as well.
Read MoreTraditional to the Valais region of Switzerland, it’s a meal featuring buckets of fire-roasted chestnuts as a main course.
Read MoreAs the years pass, I’ve grown increasingly wary of people who tell me they never read fiction. And studies back me up as to the reasons why.
Read MoreEven if all the tests tell you that you’ve arrived when it comes to fluency, you can still improve. Here are a few tips for continuing to increase your fluency in your target language.
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