According to pretty much every travel and gourmet magazine, Lima is the culinary capital of the world. Well, we can only second that and more. 2 days, 7 meals and they were ALL above expectations. Granted, we ate two nights in what are known as amongst the top 5 within the world and which would […]
Author: Shiela
Guatemala – a resumé
No question, we will be back! We took Guatemala more as a tag along since we were “in the area” with Costa Rica but finally, this turned into a much bigger “coup de coeur” than Costa. Maybe it comes down, as so often, to expectations. Much better to exceed expectations than to meet them, after […]
Amazing Antigua
Antigua is such a pretty, charming place that we felt it deserves its own little post. Everyone raves about this town, and we know why. It is super pretty with lovely architecture wherever your eye takes you, charming interior designs that are often very creative, usually colourful and always tasteful and we had really great […]
Ready for Iron(wo)man
Now we’ve been in Central America for over a month and we’ve had black beans every single day, if not twice a day. The kids often even asking for 2ndor 3rdhelpings. I figure that between all those black beans, cilantro and avocado our iron and omega-3 values must be through the roof! So I take […]
Costa Rica – a resumé
We had high expectations before coming, about the food, about nature, about the people. So here is our opinion in a nutshell: We loved: What we expected to be better: the food. We were a bit surprised by how bland and lacking in creativity the food offering was overall. We like to dive into local […]
Life is a beach!! …with unusual roommates
It all began with an electrocuted marlin. On the restaurant across from the supermarket we were stocking up in before heading down to the deeply wild (and isolated) Osa Peninsula. The thunderstorm came in so quickly and so brutally that it took down the electricity in Puerto Jimenez and since that unfortunate metal marlin was […]
Zipping through the cloud forest
Really, there’s not much to be said about this experience, except that it was absolutely INSANE!! As if the beautiful views and exhilaration of 1.5km ziplining through and over the tree canopy wasn’t enough – including a few rescue missions as some of us got stuck on the way 🙂 -, they created a grande […]
Pura Vida!
“Pura Vida”! It means the good life, at its purest. I knew it was a common expression in Costa Rica, but I did not understand that it’s actually their day to day send off, i.e. as Americans would say “take care” or the French “à bientôt”, well, they say “pura vida”! Which encompasses the all-round […]
A sniff of hermosa Madrid
I love this city. I could easily move here, the vibe is just fantastic. Granted, it is sweltering at the moment, but with so many cool cafés, tabernas and even hotter churrerias to stop by in, who cares. After barely 3 hours of sleep getting the bags and the house packed up – this time […]
Iceland – a résumé
Iceland and first TAW stop – a quick recap About Iceland:We loved:* the scenery. Jaw dropping gorgeous. And that’s considering we’re already super spoiled with what we get around Geneva. * the solitude. It’s high tourist season and we never met any crowds. Anywhere. Just beautiful nature, fog, rocks, sunshine, moss à gogo, lava, more rocks, […]