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Roma, bella Roma – Part I Basel is conveniently located in the middle of Europe, great European destinations only a short flight away. This weekend will take us to Rome. And big thanks go to my friends who invited me to this lovely trip (it was their present for my big birthday last year). Rome: I cannot believe I have …
How to Prolong Your Summer The best way to prolong your summer is to leisurely drive down south to southern Tuscany in October (when living in Europe) and stay out somewhere in campagna (the countryside)! Glorious weather all week with temperatures around 30° C and we spend all day outside, from breakfast to dinner. My favourite region is la …
It is early morning, I am sitting outside on a wooden bench at a wooden table in the campagna opposite a lovely town called Massa Marittima – a peaceful and serene setting in Southern Tuscany. Massa Marittima in Toscana A world away from easy online services, a first time of putting up a blog post via my iPhone. Today …
Did you miss me? I have had a busy fortnight: Tuesday See the annual Tattoo in Basel Wednesday Break a toe! Thursday Fly to the USA We arrive in the middle of the heat wave and drive to Northampton where we stay at the Hotel Northampton in Northampton, a member of the Historic Hotels of America, lovely place. Northampton feels …
Phuket III – The Last Days Wake up at 8, how much I enjoy sitting outside in the early morning, listening to the waves breaking on the shore (now every day a little bit louder as we are nearing full moon). Late breakfast, we decide to go to Patong and as there is no shuttle today we take a taxi …
Phuket II – A Time to Celebrate Today is Valérie’s big day. I enjoy the early morning on the balcony, watching the gently breaking waves. We have breakfast outside, next to the ponds which abound with fat goldfish. Sparrows, pigeons and jays (if that is the name for those cheeky birds with their bright yellow beaks, they are resourceful and …
Phuket Revisited Today we fly from Bangkok to Phuket , we will spend the last days relaxing in the Dusit Thani. Wake up at 8 and it is raining (we expected it as it was raining in Hongkong and Singapore last night). But it miraculously ceases when we come down for breakfast. Packing again, breakfast outside this time, it is …
Wake up at 8, strange waking up in another town with practically the same view, this morning I started looking for the mosque (in Phitsanulok)! Ten o’clock on the rooftop: we celebrate Morgestraich! Normally, you would get to see and hear something like this, temperatures would be around 5 – 10° C. Temperature in Bangkok is around 30° C, humidity …
A short night’s sleep, packing and going for a short breakfast. We want to do some sightseeing before leaving on an endless busride to Bangkok. Lovely walk to the temple Wat Phra Sri Rattana Mahatat along the main road from the bridge lined with lychee trees. Watch out! On the way to the temple Beautiful Buddha statue (did you see …
Wake up at 6.30 (only shortly past midnight in Switzerland), make myself a cup of coffee and sit outside on terrace. Watch the day slowly ununcurling, the sun rising over the river, birds, a lonely gardener collecting the fallen leaves, highly enjoyable, meditative, the noise level slowly starting to rise. Sunrise on Ping River Sifting through pictures and writing my …