May 17, 2019 | Travel Basel Travel A Young Picasso As A Present! Twenty Reasons Last week my husband and I reached quite an impressive goal (at least I think): 20 years together. I had also just run my 20th marathon so we definitely had something to celebrate, and we wanted to do it in…
May 4, 2019 | Travel Travel Why does everybody love Tuscany? Italy is all beautiful and one can argue there are many regions that are better than Tuscany. Personally, I love the Amalfi coast and feel this is the prettiest place on earth. But when we (my husband and I) recently had to…
April 25, 2019 | Travel Como Travel Mandarin Oriental Lake Como Bellezza: 10/10 Italy, a land of culture and heritage. Also known as bella Italia! Geri and I were invited to visit and spend some time on Lake Como staying at the magnificent private residence turned hotel Mandarin Oriental Lake Como Resort & Spa. A…
April 15, 2019 | Travel Travel Paris Travel The crazy thing I did twenty times Yesterday I run my 20th marathon, in Paris. I did my first marathon at age 40 and had no running experience whatsoever. I realised only just before the marathon that I run so many. What a list of beautiful places I have…
March 15, 2019 | Travel Cape Town Travel South Africa Is the New Ibiza Drugs Are Out - Health Is In When my best (Swiss) friend approached his very special round birthday, he looked for a top destination abroad to invite his friends and throw a party. His girlfriend works in a travel agency and the…
March 10, 2019 | Travel Davos Travel Waldhaus Hotel Davos – The Secret of the Magic Mountain Behind the Masterpiece No wonder Thomas Mann was so impressed by the lush pine trees and majestic mountain peaks surrounding the historic house that is today the Waldhotel Davos :…
March 3, 2019 | Travel Travel Zurich Chic Eyelashes at Atelier du Regard The Rolls Royce of Eyelashes One of the many things I learnt on Everest and in the Sahara desert while racing, believe it or not, was about beauty: Holly Zimmermann, my running and traveling companion, never used any make-up, and thanks to…
February 11, 2019 | Travel Travel Travel Da Vittorio – The friendliest Michelin three stars restaurant in the world
January 11, 2019 | Travel Positano Do it Like Italians Do It Traveling in Winter - Dolce Vita It's not a secret that Italians love the dolce vita and many pleasures of life, even though their economy isn't always the strongest one. An art and a part of their DNA: having great experiences all the…
December 28, 2018 | Travel Travel Venice Bump Into Art Everywhere in Venice Get Lost Art is everywhere in Venice - during my recent Christmas trip I experienced it once more. Sun or fog, Venice is the city that inspired so many writers and movies about the concept of "getting lost" in it (remember Eat,…