Places

Winter trip to Switzerland: Zurich, Lucerne, Interlaken and Locarno

We landed in Zurich on a Friday morning. As usual, we didn’t have a solid plan on what to do. We had been warned that going around is expensive (it is!). So we took the 4 day Swiss pass that cost 251 CHF per head…

Dalí Theatre-Museum, Figueres: Highlights

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Collection of what struck me most from out visit to Dali museum last Sunday. This man was a genius. You keep wondering how someone can create so many brilliant pieces of art in a lifetime. And he did most of the museum…

Gracias for the noise Gracia.

Living in Gracia, sudden bursts of sounds around your apartment are not strange, be it music, groups of people or garbage trucks. Yesterday, I came across this band drumming and marching across the streets. I followed them to good old Plaza del Sol, where they stopped for a…

Zurich

I had supposed given the language and other German influences, Zurich would be very similar to Germany. But not even close.The buildings have…