Tag: cafe

• Sweetzerland!

  

  I can’t claim credit for the title of this post. Sweetzerland is the name of a chocolate shop that you’ll want to visit when you arrive in Geneva.  The author of the NY Times article ’36 Hours in Geneva’ boasts that this is the shop ‘where Russian tourists come to buy chocolate by the kilo’ since…

  tkforrest

  January 13, 2018

  Geneva, Switzerland

  Baines de Paquis, cafe, Carouge, castle, cathedral, CERN, Chillion, chocolate, day trip, jet, lake, Lausanne, Montreux, old town, Ouchy, Parfums de Beyrouth, pastry, Sweetzerland, train, walking

• Khaaaa! Bangkok, Thailand

  

  05Jan2017 Being in a metropolis like Bangkok was strangely comforting, like the buzzing feeling I get when I return to NYC after a long trip away.  The city welcomed us with lights, traffic, Uber, cocktails, rooftops, and shopping malls- all things that I thought would be a turn off after being in such small towns…

  tkforrest

  April 22, 2017

  Bangkok, Thailand

  Ayutthaya, Bangkok, Buddha, cafe, chedi, cocktails, condoms, Grand Palace, King, mall, markets, massage, Reclining Buddha, rooftop, Wat Pho

• Hanoi Is Where the Heart Is

  

  26Dec2016: Arrival in Hanoi Our first night in Hanoi we had dinner with Lisa and Jared at Chim Sao for a hotpot dinner.  It felt wonderful to catch up about their trip details, where they’d hiked and the caves they’d explored, but also about their lives back in Oakland.

  tkforrest

  February 14, 2017

  Hanoi, Vietnam

  bun cha, cafe, chicken, Cong, Halong Bay, Hanoi, history, Ho Chi Minh, massage, Museum, Old Quarter, pho