Café Schober is a beautiful place in Zurich down town to enjoy high class patisserie, hot chocolate and more in a historic, carefully decorated building.
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Art Festival in Bad Ragaz and Vaduz
Every three years, Bad Ragaz hosts one of the largest international sculpture exhibitions. This renowned art event takes place for the 7th time.
Celebrating New Year Appenzell Style
Who are these scary men walking from door to door in funky costumes? They dance, yodel and shake hands with almost everyone in the village. Welcome to Appenzell! This is how they celebrate the New Year.
End of Summer Traditions
When the leafs start turning it is time to bring down the cows from their summer meadows in the mountains.
Annie Leibovitz Exhibition in Zurich
The exhibition is called Women: New Portraits. Since 1999, Annie Leibovitz and Susan Sontag worked on a collection of pictures that show strong women from all over the world. Zurich is the last stop on the world tour, which started about a year ago and spanned 10 cities around the globe. The location – EWZ…
Test the best: Christmas Markets in Switzerland
Part of my epic Advent celebrations are frequent visits to Christmas markets. Find out about the best markets to visit in Switzerland
Shop till you drop at the Swiss Outlet Village in Landquart
To be honest, shopping in Switzerland is not always fun. Depending where you come from prices in Swiss boutiques and shops will simply knock you off your socks. By the way, locals often feel the same, if that makes you feel better. Switzerland is and always has been a high-price country. However, when early 2015…
Fine Dining in Adelboden
An excellent dinner full of surprises and delights.
Driver’s Seat: Climbing Klausenpass by car
Mama loves to drive. Oh yes, I do! I am always up for a road trip. Especially when it offers fun to drive and lots of stunning view points along the way. Taking our little Mazda convertible out to tackle the mountains on a great day ranks pretty high on my weekend favorites. Luckily, I…
Zopf – The traditional Swiss breakfast bread
In Switzerland, you can find more than 200 different kinds of bread. However, for a perfect Sunday morning breakfast a loaf of Zopf is a must. It is a white yeasted loaf which has a bit of a crust but is spongy and soft inside. Try it out yourself with our Swiss family recipe. The…
