Favourites: Winter 2018-19 Edition

It’s been quite a while since I published a favourites post! As you probably know, the last three months have been some of the busiest in our lives. Christian and I moved from London, UK to Zurich, Switzerland, with one month in Canada in between. That meant living out of suitcases for the better part of two months, until we flew to Europe and got our boxes out of storage in Italy (we shipped our things to Christian’s parents house). Today I’m writing from my comfy chair in the living room of our new apartment in Kilchberg – we moved in just under a week ago. It feels so good to finally have a place to call home again!

As busy and hectic as things were, a lot of really amazing things happened during the last three months as well. From emotional leaving parties, travelling around to visit good friends, and spending time in Canada with family to attending a Parisian wedding and learning a new city, there has been endless lists of favourite things. I’ve tried to organise my favourites by city – with a mix of food, fun activities and my favourite nature spots. I hope you enjoy reading through and exploring the different links!

-xo KA

Winter 2018-19 {Favourites}

• London, November/December 2018: An amazing time with my work colleagues at my Canadian-themed leaving drinks at the Maple Leaf Pub in Covent Garden and an emotional friends leaving party with lots of gluten free truffle pasta at Mercato Metropolitano in Elephant & Castle (special thank you to the Edhec/London Crew, UCL gals and HS2 friends – we can’t wait to see you again soon!)

• Paris, December 2018: Enjoying 100% gluten free food at Noglu & Biosphère Café, getting lost in Monet’s water lillies at the Musée de l’Orangerie, and Jeremy & Laure’s beautiful wedding in the 9e arrondissement

• Ottawa and Saint-Jovite, December 2018: Attending a boozy truffle-making party (thanks Iwona and Julia!), walking around Lac Dufour, Christmas Eve Day at Nordik Spa-Nature, vegan sushi at C’est Japon À Suisha, and spending lots of quality time with friends and family at the cottage (special thank you to Peter, Ginette, Marie, Julia, Geoff, Arthur, Cooper, Julian, Shelby, Fabian, Hilda, Ralph and Jane for the lovely time together)

• Quebec City, December 2018: Hosting a family reunion with my mom and older sister for nearly 20 of our relatives at this awesome historic AirBnB in the Trait-Carré de Charlesbourg neighbourhood (un gros merci à tous ceux et celles qui ont eu la chance de nous joindre!) and tasting delicious gluten free fudge from the nearby La Fudgerie (merci Nicole!)

• NYC, December 2018: Experiencing the weird and wonderful thing that is Drunk Shakespeare, eating awesome Mexican food at El Centro, a tasty eggy brunch at Blue Dog, soaking up all the tourist attractions (Christmas Tree at Rockefeller Center, Central Park, Times Square, Hells Kitchen) and spending some quality time with old friends (thanks again Katie & Chris for the warm welcome!)

• Zurich, January/February 2019: Seeing the fireworks from Saffa Insel for New Year’s Eve on our first night in the Wollishofen area of the city, eating lots of veggie food at Dachterasse Hiltl and Hiltl Sihlpost, getting my Vinyasa flow on at Planet Yoga Zurich, hiking up Uetliberg (where the photo for this post is taken) and walking along the Planetenweg, eating raclette at Panorama Restaurant Felsenegg and amazing vegetarian food at The Artisan, running along lake Zurich, and spending time with good friends (a special thank you to Markus, Frida, Alex, Mel and Peter for making us feel so at home!)