A long driving holiday from Switzerland to Portugal
Travel /
Oct 3rd, 2019
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In September we did something that is turning into an annual thing for us as a family. We loaded everyone up in the car, put the bikes on the roof and drove across the continent to a rented accommodation for a week.
This year it was Portugal via Andorra on the way there and Bordeaux on the return, which is over 3,500km. The stops being perfectly located to be able to spend the night with the kids, explore the places a little in the morning before continuing the journey. Even though this is not the first long trip with the...
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Jura Parc in the Valee de Joux
Activities with Kids /
Jul 16th, 2017
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Jura Parc
The Jura Park is a great little parc hidden up in the hills between Vallee de Joux and Vallorbe that has wolves, bears and buffalo.
This place is great for taking kids to for a number of reasons.
THEY SERVE FOOD ALL DAY! Now, we have been caught out enough times ourselves with not being able to be served in Switzerland and France because we showed up too late to a food place. But here they serve kid friendly foods all day. You can even try some buffalo here from their breeding stock.
The whole park...
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Night snow shoe and Fondu in La Givrine
Around Lake Geneva /
Mar 10th, 2015
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Having lived in the mountains for a while now we have found that on the full moon in the winter it is very bright. You can see as if it was dawn or dusk (and sometimes even brighter than that). We had also heard that you can go out snow showing to a couple of restaurants in the evenings out across the snow.
This weekend we decided to do this with friends and it was a great experience. We rented our racquets in Les Rousse at a resonable EUR 7 per day and headed for Le Trelasse near...
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Via Ferrata Morez
Sporty /
Nov 8th, 2014
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Although I have been climbing for years (mostly sports climbing) Via Ferrata is not something I was aware of until I got to Switzerland. It is a form of climbing where there are wires, hand holds and foot holds of iron placed into the wall. While this is a little...
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Grand Massif Season Pass - Winter + Summer
Sporty /
Aug 5th, 2014
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The Grand Massif is a great place for skiing and summer activities and the season pass is the best way to enjoy it.
When choosing where you want to spend your season skiing from the lake Geneva region you have a few options with the 4 Vallees in Switzerland, Port...
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Traithlons in the Lake Geneva region
Sporty /
Aug 3rd, 2014
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A few years ago I got into traithlons in the UK and competed in a few. It was a great thing to train for and gave me so much satification when I finished all three legs of the event.
When I came to switzerland I also wanted to get back...
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KLM long haul and Schiphol airport
Travel /
Oct 1st, 2013
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Just recently I travelled from Switzerland to South Africa on KLM flying via Schiphol Airport.
I had not heard too many things about KLM and I went with the thought that hearing little about them also means they can not be too bad. On the flight over this...
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