Frenchie Gone Exploring

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  • My top 5 traveling fails…

    … Shit happens and not only to others (unfortunately). No matter how experienced you are, there are (will be) days when your mind is (will be) preoccupied unless you are a robot or a mutant. Then nothing will ever slip your mind and you can ignore my post as you wouldn’t understand how one can…

  • Ode to a lifelong friendship

    To all those amazing people in my life I am happily lucky to call friends. Wherever you are in the world, I am grateful to have met you and this is for you: We can spend weeks apart But with a catch up or a magic phone call Our fun times together can restart Where…

  • Once upon a time in Lyon…

    For an overdue catch up with one of my besties, we chose to meet up in Lyon. I might not be living there anymore but this city will always have a special place in my heart and it was time for her to explore it. About Lyon: It is located 2 hours from Paris, Geneva or Marseille by…

  • Open letter to my baby sister…

    Dear baby sister, You recently asked me how it is to backpack and if you would be able to do it too. How to answer those questions without putting you off… Backpacking. Is. Not. Easy. I love it and I do want you to love it too. What should I tell you? What would my traveller friends tell you?…

  • The end or a new beginning?

    Thanks to a Swiss friend of mine, I joined  in 2010 the Luzern fire brigade as a volunteer. Why not, I thought… It was perfect as I wanted to improve my Swiss German and at the same time to give something back to the country that adopted me in 2007. Well let me tell you this,…

  • 2015? You mean we’re in the future?

    #BackToTheFuture I am jumping on the bandwagon as I have decided to dedicate my today’s post to a cult movie and to welcome Marty Mc Fly to 2015! Welcome Marty, bienvenido, benvenuto, wilkommen, bienvenue! The movie came out when I was ONLY 7 years old (It does somehow make me feel better about my age when I stress on only,…

  • Tuesday yumminess! 

    Because I love eating and discovered many great paleo (what on earth is this Paleo thing?!) recipes the past fews years, I have decided to share one recipe per week with you guys (lucky you!). It is fantastic to have all those talented paleo friendly chefs who have come up with fabulicious meals. They gave…

  • Straya, say whaaat?!

    ONLY 60 DAYS LEFT UNTIL WE FLY TO DOWN UNDER! I seriously cannot believe that Australia is around the corner! We have been waiting for so long… A bunch of us have started talking about us paying a visit to Paddy last year while catching up in New York. It became pretty clear that we…

  • One of those days…

    … when you wake up and you have the feeling that today you are meant to achieve great things. Well, yesterday I had this feeling and I was given the perfect opportunity: a lasertag game. A few of us had decided to go to the Lasertag arena in Emmen. This is a pretty straightforward concept: two teams (pink vs blue)…

  • Dude, you had one job! 

    #MarketingFail   In a world where awareness against racism is being raised on a large scale, you do wonder how it is possible to stumble upon such marketing gems!  At first, I thought that I had misread the name of the website (But hey, it wouldn’t be a first! Bloody French!). But a quick glance…

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