Category: Lifestyle
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Croque Monsieur vs. Croque Madame
The fanciest grilled cheese France ever bossed us into loving There are days when you want a proper meal… and days when you want melted cheese in a suit. Enter: the Croque Monsieur—France’s most elegant answer to hunger, impatience, and “I don’t feel like cooking,…
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La Maison Rimbert, Pernes-les-Fontaines
A home away from home (Les Grumpies approved) There are holiday homes that look good in photos… and then there are holiday homes that actually work in real life — with market bags on the table, shoes kicked off, and that “we could stay another…
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Restaurant Le 6 à Table, Caromb – Sunday lunch that turned Les Grumpies into purring kittens
Caromb is one of those Provençal villages that doesn’t scream for attention. It just… sits there, quietly photogenic, with a church watching over the square and that “nothing happens here” vibe that immediately makes you want to sit down and order something unreasonable. Naturally, we…
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Once Upon a Time… Mr Christmas Was Green (Sometimes)
Before the age of shopping malls, Black Friday and red trucks, there was Father Christmas – especially in England. He wasn’t originally the children’s gift courier with a sack full of plastic toys. He was more like the spirit of midwinter and feasting. He was…
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The Best Brunsli in the World (no modesty here)
Because what is a Swiss Christmas without Brunsli?Dry, sad and unacceptable. Exactly. Here is our Dolcirossi version – chewy, chocolatey, naturally gluten-free and dangerously moreish. Bake them slowly, eat them happily, and hide a secret stash for the quieter days between Christmas and New Year.
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Art Deco Hotel Montana, Lucerne
If Lucerne is Switzerland’s postcard face, then the Art Deco Hotel Montana is the elegant handwriting on the back. Chic, a bit nostalgic, very charming – and just high enough on the hill to look down on the rest of us. You arrive with the…
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Roussillon – fifty shades of ochre (and dust in your shoes)
You know a place is serious about colour when even the village map comes in terracotta. Welcome to Roussillon, the ochre jewel of the Luberon and proud member of Les Plus Beaux Villages de France – which, translated for realists, means yes, it’s beautiful and…
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A Love Affair with Romantik Hotel Das Schiff: A Haven in AUT-Hittisau
A Love Affair with Romantik Hotel Das Schiff: A Haven in Hittisau
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Sauna Rituals – The Secret to Autumn Wellness
Autumn is the season when I start longing for warmth, light, and a little extra self-care. And nothing does the trick better than a sauna session. In the Bregenzerwald, many hotels combine their wooden architecture with beautiful wellness areas, often with panoramic saunas looking out…
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The Wooden Soul of the Bregenzerwald
There is something magical about the Bregenzerwald in autumn. The forests glow in shades of gold and russet, the air feels fresh and crisp – and everywhere you look, wood is at the heart of daily life. For centuries, people here have built their homes…
