never stop exploring!
Over the long Easter weekend we drove down to Zermatt for a little mini-holiday! Zermatt is a cute little mountain town at the base of the Matterhorn and is one of those places you definitely have to visit at least once when you’re in Switzerland! It’s about a three and a half hour drive or train ride from Zurich… Read More
Recently we decided to take a little day trip down to the Emmentaler show dairy and restaurant in Affoltern im Emmental to see how cheese is made! It’s a bit far from Zurich, about an hour and a half, but was a nice drive and a cute place to visit. The factory consists of 4 different buildings from various time… Read More
Back in March we headed down to Geneva to attend the very large and popular Geneva Auto Show. We decided to stay slightly out of town, since the auto show is so popular and a lot of the hotels were booked and it was bound to be crowded! Instead we stayed in Lausanne, which is just around the lake… Read More
I am in this really fun Facebook group called “Around the World in a Year,” where every two weeks we “visit” another country and learn about it from people within the group who live there. One of the things that always seems to fascinate everyone is a peek inside the local grocery store to see how it is different from where… Read More
In the winter Swiss schools have a break called Sportferien, or “sports holiday.” Sportferien is different than Christmas holiday break, and takes place in February (in Zurich at least). This two week break is generally used to go skiing, or do other winter sports, or go on holiday with your family. Often, schools will even do a trip together where… Read More
