A Family Beach Destination I am constantly searching the internet for the best beaches in Europe. A quick escape from the winter weather to the closest beach is what I’m after. Well, I think we found it. Just a 2 hour and 45 minute flight from Zürich, the sunny beaches of Portugal are exactly what […]

Family Friendly Lisbon While most of our friends escaped to the mountains for a traditional two-week February ski holiday, we opted for beach, ocean, and sunshine in Lisbon. We spent three nights in Lisbon and six nights in Sagres. We flew nonstop from Zürich to Lisbon. To escape the snow and get seriously blue skies, […]

The girls and I met my sister and her two boys in London for a long weekend getaway in June. We lived in London before moving to Zürich, so we know it well and were very excited to see all our favorite parks, shops, and eat all our favorite things. Favorite Places With Kids The […]

Over the May 1st holiday weekend, our family spent a wonderful three days on Lake Lugano, staying at the fantastic Parco San Marco all-inclusive resort. Another family spontaneously joined us which made it an absolutely wonderful weekend getaway from Zürich and a great way to cap off our three week April school holidays. A friend of mine […]

We went to the gorgeous Rapperswil Christmas Market this weekend. Set along the shore of Lake Zürich amongst the most gorgeous tree lined promenade, the Christmas Market winds its way from the promenade up to the gorgeous Rapperswil Castle (built in 1222!) high on a hill. Rapperswil is a gorgeous day trip from Zürich at any […]

The traditional Christmas Market in Einsiedeln is one of the largest and most beautiful in Switzerland. We took our family last weekend and it was absolutely gorgeous. We got off the train and walked our way up the cobblestone path past 130 Christmas stalls. Einsiedeln is less than an hour by train or 30 minutes by car […]

The largest Räbechilbi festival in the world is held in Richterswil every year on the second Saturday in November. We took the train with friends to see the parade on Saturday, for the second time. The entire town turns off all electricity and over 52,000 candles are lit in over 30 tons of carved turnips (Räben). The parade starts […]

Today we hopped back on the Honold Chocolate Tram for their annual old-fashioned tram ride through Zürich. I truly believe this is the best deal in Zürich. For 10 francs for adults and 7 francs for kids we indulged in hot chocolate, Pain de Gênes, and truffles. Delicious! We lucked out with a wildly gorgeous clear blue sunny […]

Heike’s playgroup had an Easter egg hunt this afternoon. It was full on Swiss and we loved it. Her playgroup is made up of 3 and 4 year olds (Kindergarten starts at 5). We arrived at the meeting spot where we were told there would be a 15 minute hike to get to the egg […]

This weekend we went to the Lindt chocolate headquarters in Kilchberg Switzerland for their Easter family chocolate class. I had been waiting since last year for this class and it was amazing. How can a chocolate class not be amazing? The class was wonderfully kid friendly (only for age 5+) and we were lucky enough to […]

This afternoon we went to the Zürich Zoo for Easter bunny bread making. Oh my goodness it was fun. The girls absolutely loved it. The Zürich Zoo staff was so fun and helpful. The girls made three bunnies each. And the best part?! It was all free. Amazing. There are all sorts of fun Easter […]

My ode to the gorgeous red and twinkly lit outdoor Christmas Market in Zurich (Wienachtsdorf). With the enormous Christmas tree in the center and all the little red houses full of food. The gorgeous fondue chalet, yummy raclette, the endless amounts of glühwein. I feel the need to go a few times a week as it […]