Between our short stay in Hongkong and our visit in China mentioned in the previous post, we spent two months in Japan. Most of the time was spent in Tokyo, where we immersed ourselves in a quiet but really nice neighborhood called Sasazuka, which is part of Shibuya. We also got to experience cherry blossom season in all its glory and consumed more sakura mochis than we could have ever imagined. Every now and then, we embarked on little trips to discover other places such as Karuizawa, Nagano, Obuse, Mount Takao, Matsumoto, Nikko as well as Kyoto and Osaka. Though we only just returned home a couple of months ago, we can’t wait to go back eventually.

Spring of 2025 brought us to Hongkong for the very first time as well as back to China. Hongkong was amazing! We loved this huge city with a vibrant specialty coffee scene, lots of art museums and incredible food. Having spent a few days in Shanghai the previous year on a stopover, we were very much looking forward to visiting again—and for a few more days this time around. We had a full week to spend in and around Shanghai and while we also indulged in the city’s restaurants and cafés, we went to see Zhouzhuang Town in Suzhou as well as Hangzhou with the beautiful West Lake. Right next to the city, we were also able to visit some […]

A good week’s road trip through Andalucía in the summer of 2023.

Last October, we took a trip of about 3.5 weeks to Kenya and added a week on the Tanzanian island of Zanzibar. Part of the trip was for sourcing coffee resp. visiting coffee producers I work with at Drip Roasters. I also just published a blog post about the coffee-related part of this trip with more words and less pictures. After having spent some time in the coffee region around Mount Kenya, we went on a 3 day safari tour in Maasai Mara. Our next stop was the beautiful island of Lamu, just off the Kenyan coast, where we also visited a coffee school project of the exporter we work with at Drip. Our trip led us down the coast […]

This was the first longer trip for Seraina and myself after the pandemic. We had planned it for quite a while, but due to possible changes due to the virus and because of visa issue, we literally didn’t know if we could take the trip until the day we left. Costa Rica and Panama had both been on our list both for the nature and beaches as well as for coffee. Before arriving in these countries, however, we spent some time in cold New York City. After a few days, it was time to fly to Costa Rica. The land of pura vida offered beautiful landscapes, beaches and lots of animals. We started in the North and, after visiting the […]

This was the first time I visited Morocco and it was pretty much the first time for me in Africa (besides a trip to Tunisia as a little child). We spent a full week in Marrakech and one day in Essaouira by the coast. The food was excellent (and plates always too big – or too many), the city was beautiful and a little chaotic. We stayed at Riad 42, which was absolutely lovely – the rooms, the rooftop and the whole space was beautiful, the staff super nice and helpful and the breakfast (and dinner) they make was delicious. We would love to go back anytime.

We drove back from Dubrovnik to Sarajevo last summer. We spent a few days there, before we briefly visited Mostar and paid a visit to the historic village of Počitelj. Fueled up with a lot of heat, pita and cevapi, we returned back to Switzerland.

Just like most people, we did not fly for quite some time after the pandemic hit. We went abroad by train twice last year (Milan, Hamburg). This summer, though, we were on our first flight in more than a year and a half. We flew to Sarajevo, rented a car and drove to Dubrovnik, Croatia. We returned to Bosnia a few days later – my next post will be about that.

With travel restrictions caused by the pandemic, we have not been on an airplane in almost a year and a half now. Instead, we spent a lot of time at my parents’ chalet on the mountainside near Gstaad. It’s a really beautiful area with white, snowy mountains all around.

Just before Christmas, we spent a few super relaxing days at the 7132 with its beautiful thermal baths and enjoyed one of the best meals in a long time (if not ever) at their Silver restaurant.