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Luzern Switzerland with children

Top picks: Luzern with 4 children under 7

Posted by Thien Lan on July 16, 2015July 16, 2015 in Holidays, Hotel, Kids friendly, Luxury, Outdoors, Parenting, Restaurant Review, Swiss food, Switzerland

My friends Bev is still in town with her hubby and two boys. With my husband coming back for the week-end, we organised a get away to beautiful Luzern, one hour drive from Zürich. This is the very place to…

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School holidays… NOT!

Posted by Thien Lan on July 9, 2015 in Holidays, Kids friendly, Parenting

Why school holidays are NOT holidays for me The kids which means they are at home 24/7 and you need to feed them three times a day well five with morning and afternoon tea and make sure they enough fruit…

cheap tasty food in Zurich

The secret to cheap and tasty food: do it yourself

Posted by Thien Lan on June 18, 2015 in Asian Food, Food, Health, Kids friendly, Near Dubendorf, Oerlikon, Parenting, Restaurant Review, Switzerland, Zurich

This week I discovered another way to delicious food for less. Different to the Groupon deals I tried last time, this time is: help yourself! Yan Sushi und Wok: all you can eat Asian Buffet! How good can all you can eat…

Groupon Lunch deal

My take on Groupon Deals in Zürich

Posted by Thien Lan on June 4, 2015 in Fashion and Beauty, Food, Restaurant Review, Zurich

As you know, Zürich has become the most expensive city in the world. As such, especially since we didn’t have stable income here, we started looking for good value deals and tried Groupon Schweiz deals four times, once for hairdresser…

Dubai holidays with children

Dubai holidays with children: top 5 picks

Posted by Thien Lan on April 28, 2015November 13, 2017 in Food, Holidays, Hotel, Kids friendly, Luxury, Parenting, Staff pick

Why visit Dubai? This year’s spring holidays I wanted a place with heat and sun. I was first considering south of Europe like Malta buy was advised it was still too cold for a swim. Several friends recommended Dubai so I gave…

easy healthy dessert recipe

Easy healthy stylish yummy dessert

Posted by Thien Lan on April 23, 2015April 15, 2015 in France, French food, Kids friendly, Recipes, Swiss food, Switzerland

I didn’t even thought my kids would love it but they did, so this is a definite winner: Verrine cremeuse et croustillante à la pomme i.e. Creamy crunchy apple dessert. It takes 2 minutes, it looks good, it has a…

Lindt Ostermarkt

Lindt Ostermarkt Zurich

Posted by Manu on April 1, 2015 in Food, Kids friendly, Parenting, Swiss food, Switzerland, Zurich

Manu’s taking the keyboard for that one as he is the one who went exploring it. Switzerland, number 1 chocolate country (sorry Belgian friends!), Lindt factory and Easter coming up. When you mix these 3 elements, it’s time to head…

Ski holidays in a Kinderhotel

Ski holidays with kids in a Kinderhotel in Switzerland

Posted by Thien Lan on March 11, 2015December 10, 2015 in Fashion and Beauty, Food, Holidays, Hotel, Kids friendly, Outdoors, Parenting, Swiss food, Switzerland

This is our first ever family ski holiday trip. We considered going to Thredbo or Perisher back when we were living in Australia but it was 6,000 AUD (4,300 euros) a week with little guarantee of snow, smaller slopes than…

what to do with kids in Paris

Paris with a 6 year old?

Posted by Thien Lan on February 26, 2015November 13, 2017 in Food, France, Kids friendly, Restaurant Review, Staff pick

Last week I spent 2 days with my 6 year old son in Paris. Just the two of us. I’ve never been inspired with what to do in Paris with kids. I’ve always found the city so kids unfriendly! I wasn’t…

ski school near Zurich

Why I haven’t taken the kids to ski school

Posted by Thien Lan on February 19, 2015February 12, 2015 in Kids friendly, Parenting

We’ve been in Zurich for 6 months and quickly figured out skiing is the national sport here. Shops are closed on Sunday but as soon as you see a tiny weeny ray of sun, people rush to the slopes. In…

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