Connemara is a savage beauty ... wild mountainous country ... magnificent in every way.Oscar Wilde Photo of Kylemore Abbey, by Jacqueline Swartz. Connemara Ireland Castles While Oscar Wilde spoke of Connemara, Ireland's natural splendours, Connemara, Ireland's castles could similarly be describe as savage beauty, wild and magnificent in every way. Connemara is home to … [Read more...]
Swiss Breakfast Dreams
One of my favourite indulgences in Switzerland is the Swiss breakfast. I dream about these and get excited to discover the breakfast spread in each new hotel or lodging that I stay at. After seeing my friend Kelly recently getting even more excited than me, I decided to write about this great pleasure in my life. Me happily enjoying my first ever Swiss breakfast in … [Read more...]
Bürgenstock Resort – a Pampered Swiss Escape
One of the things that the past 6-years has taught me is that caring for and pampering ourselves from time to time is not a luxury, but a necessity. As adults though, we seem to forget this. I think this is one of the reasons why the mention that I was going to Bürgenstock Resort above Lake Lucerne in Switzerland, to any adult resulted in a look of pure envy, because a … [Read more...]
Springtime Adventures in Orillia – Treetop Trekking to Reptiles and Amphibians
It's time for springtime adventures. It’s getting close to that time again — when the trilliums start springing out alongside the path in the woods near our apartment, when the nights (and days) can be awfully cold, and the siren call of camping (glamping, actually) begins to sound. It will soon be time for our Mom and Daughter glamping trip, for the love of spring. You … [Read more...]
Healing at B2 Boutique Hotel + Spa Zürich
When I arrived in Zürich, Switzerland after a speaking tour of Poland, including my TEDxWarsaw talk, I felt broken. I'd had a car accident the summer before and had no idea that I was much more injured from that than I was allowing myself to believe, but knew something was very wrong. I thought I was suffering from some form of extreme jet lag (not realizing that the symptoms I … [Read more...]
