Category Archives: Food
warm fireplaces, old stories, and other essentials of a German Christmas
I celebrated Christmas this year for the first time in Southern Germany with Tilmann’s family. A long 10 days of sleeping in until noon (I didn’t even know I had that skill), walking the happy dog in the misty hills, … Continue reading
Straddling the Atlantic: baking a Canadian pie in Europe
The humourous stereotypes are not lost on me, in fact I relish in them. Since I’ve moved to ‘Europe’ I’ve started hanging my laundry outside to dry, zipping around the city on my bike, baking my own bread, and, some … Continue reading
Autumn sights in Zurich
After a few last attempts to hold onto summer (see: Saturday afternoons by the lake), the bright oranges, reds and yellows around Zurich started to tell the story of cooler nights, foggy mornings, and the crisp breeze causing people to get cozy … Continue reading
Wrapping up
Back from the village markets in the dry and dusty north of Burkina, and packing my bag to head back to Switzerland! A quick turn around from the simple life to increasing degrees of luxury. In Ouaga, I’m currently impressed by … Continue reading
sustenance, sunsets, supplements
A few more from the week.
Filed under Burkina Faso, City, Food, Tourist
Christmas in Schluein
Following my Christmas experiences in Zurich, I headed up to the mountains for the real stuff: family! With all 4 kids, a mountain guide, a tired ETH student, and one excited dog, my Aunt was Wonder Woman and created a … Continue reading
Saturday Morning Market
This is purely for posting a few pictures… and to procrastinate a little from my international environmental politics studying… One of the advantages of living in Europe is the access to local food and particularily at the markets. As I have mentioned, … Continue reading
From the city to the mountains with Andy
Later in October, I had a special visitor from England- Andy. Special because it had been 5 years since we had last seen each other! Previously in 2004, we had both volunteered in Costa Rica on a sea turtle conservation … Continue reading
Schluein
This is the town Lisa (my Aunt) lives in with the gang of Freddi, Mia, Nora and Ruby. I go up (about 2-ish hours from Zurich by train) whenever I feel the need for some family time or a little open space. It is the ideal … Continue reading
Environmental Science Master’s Weekend
What a weekend! I just got back from two days up in the mountains with my fellow Environmental Scientists. With plenty of new faces and new stories, the weekend was full of meeting people and discovering their backgrounds, their reasons for … Continue reading
Filed under Adventures, Food, Hiking, Mountains, School
