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Ritterhaus Chasa de Capol: adventure in Swiss hospitality
Canton Graubünden is Switzerland's largest, its varied landscapes and villages offering much for discerning travelers to discover. Tom and I recently spent a week...
Anita’s Feast celebrates ten years
Anita’s Feast began around a table with our neighbors in Basel, Switzerland. There, we unpacked the Swiss ritual of raclette to a background of...
Time Travel at the “Knight’s House”
The Swiss canton of Graubünden welcomes visitors with numerous and varied local attractions and extraordinary hospitality. In Santa Maria, we enjoyed that hospitality at...
Our five top travel experiences in 2014
At the cusp of a new year, Tom and I have realized with a start, that another year has just zipped by. In 2014,...
Time Travel in Switzerland
Switzerland's vistas are world-renowned, and Tom and I have enjoyed many of them in our years here. Now, those clever Swiss have added five...
Fine dining at Gasthof Hirschen in Eglisau, Switzerland
The highlight of Tom's and my recent stay in Eglisau was the fine meal we savored in the little town's Michelin-starred restaurant. It has...
Gasthof Hirschen: Quiet repose in Eglisau, Switzerland
When Tom and I paid a spring-time visit to Eglisau in Canton Zurich, we felt we had stepped into a medieval time capsule. There,...
Terrasse am See: a lakeside escape to Vitznau, Switzerland
Time slows in Vitznau, as the sun begins to set over Lake Lucerne (der Vierwaldstädtersee). Our host for dinner turns positively misty-eyed as we...
Monte Verità: Switzerland’s ‘Mountain of Truth’
At the beginning of the 20th century, a hilltop in Ascona, Switzerland became a center for unconventional idealists and reformers. Theosophists, writers, visual and...
Fall in Switzerland, the best time for food travel?
Growing up in Texas, I always looked forward to the cool, crisp air of fall after the scorching summer months. It meant cozy meals...