Printemps à Grand-Bigard

On my weekend in Belgium visiting Hilda and Felipe we went to a flowers show at the Castle of Grand-Bigard. The mixture of castle, flowers, water and sun makes it a fantastic view.

Luzern again....

Nothing to do, I stick to Luzern as the most beautiful city in Switzerland and I go for a walk through the city any time I have a new guest coming to visit me!

Making more dreams come through

At the Hot-air Balloons festival in Chateau d'Oex with Alex and Nico my housemates we went on a helicopter ride through out the Alps....amazing experience and all my gratitute to Alex.

New years' festival at Interlaken

Taking the most from holidays...here on my way to the New Year's festival on the 1st January at Interlaken.

In front of Zermatt

Here finally in front of Zermatt! I went on a weekend trip with my friends from Lausanne and found the most amazing view at the top just very close to the mountain icon of Switzerland.

It has been a while since I have last updated my weblog....the reason....My masters ;) not so easy to come back to be a student but an amazing learning experience!!! This photo was taken at the Grand Place in Brussels with the flower carpet which is shown every two years.

The Heroes Square in Budapest

This is one of the key points of the city where the Millennium Monument stands. This landmark shows the leaders of the seven tribes that founded Hungary.

Budapest

Here the view from the top of Buda to the whole city. It is personally one of the most beautiful and romantic cities in Europe; also suggest for a trip, as there is a lot of history, nice architecture, good food and great prices!

Annecy by night

After Olga´s wedding we went all for a tour around Annecy.

Olga´s wedding

Here after the ceremony with all the friends from Lausanne who came to her wedding.

Nice, Cannes and Monaco

I spent the weekend in Nice with Monica my colleague from Barcelona. We had a wonderful time walking all around Nice, Cannes, Monaco and the small towns by the coast. It has been one of the best trips I´ve done around Europe.....suggested to anyone who wants a bit of sun!! and an inspiring one to start organising a tour around the little towns of the Italian coast! Here in front of Monte-Carlo casino in Monaco.

The Magic Fountain

On my business trip to Barcelona I visited again my favourite place in the city.....The Magic Fountain. It´s a mixture of music, colors and water shapes which I love watching and watching over and over and over....here a little video!

Open day at CERN

Cern, the European Organisation for Nuclear Research, located in Geneva had an open day to show the public their biggest experiment: the large particle accelerator which will be launched in July and will between others, allow physicists simulate the Big Bang to explore and understand the beginning of the universe. I had the opportunity to go along with Maria Lucia and Pal her husband who is one of the physicists working for Cern!

Prague´s old town famous square

Here at the old city square where the famous clock has a little show every hour and there are small stalls all around selling Murano glass, Prague´s traditional food and handicrafts.

Easter trip to The Loire Valley

The Loire Valley is a great place in France surrounded by castles and wine caves. I went along with 13 more friends and we did Castles and cave tours for 4 days! here at the Chambord Castle.

Saas Fee - skiing weekend

While some of my friends were skiing, others went walking up to the top of one of the mountains. It was such a nice experience 4.5 hours walking on the snow!!! Here is the view from the top!!

BELGIUM!

The second week of February I visited Hilda my colleague and friend, Felipe her husband and Robin my ex-colleague in Australia. They took me around the beautiful towns of Bruges, Gent, Brussels and others. Here in front of the the Manneken pis - a famous icon of Belgium - while eating the best waffle I have ever had!

Snow walking in The Swiss Alps

Winter is a wonderful season for doing snow sports! as Im definitely not good at skiing, I´ve tried snow walking and it happened to be an amazing way of enjoying the Alps!!! here with some of my friends.

Vienna

Finally visited Vienna on a weekend! There is a lot of architecture, arts, museums and music to visit around the city, so it meant a really tight agenda starting at 8.30 am and ending late at night! it was great fun though. In the photo is Strauss Monument at Stadtpark.

more of Sahara....

THE SAHARA DESERT

Here I am....making dreams come true!!!!! yeah!!!! it´s me riding a camel :) I had the chance to stay at the Sahara desert with the berber nomads of Morocco!

MOROCCO!!!

Since I came to Europe I really wanted to go to Morocco and I finally made it on the first week of December, almost as a Christmas present!!! here in Marrakech at the Djemaa el Fna square which is the most popular place in the city.

A business trip to Madrid!

I was in Madrid for the first time even though I spend half of my time on the phone working with a couple of people in Madrid :P I finally had a business trip for two days and had some time to go around. La Plaza Mayor is the main square and a touristic point of the city.

More of Istanbul....

Here, the blue mosque by night!

Istanbul

Some days ago I had the opportunity to visit Istanbul!! it has been one of the best holidays I have ever had. I truly suggest this city to anyone who is looking for a different type of holiday. Here in front of Hagia Sofia! this church - museum has over 1400 years and it mixes both Byzantine and Ottoman architecture.

Lausanne

Here at the Leman lake. Aline our swiss friend celebrated her birthday on a boat cruise around the lake. We were around 30 people singing, eating, drinking and enjoying the amazing sunset.

PARIS

I finally made it to Paris! it was in September just the weekend before travelling to Colombia. Went to visit Jenny my school friend and Julia my friend and work mate.

Amsterdam

Here in Amsterdam! I spent a great weekend with Anna my Australian friend just before her birthday on the last weekend of August.

Sintra - Portugal

Sintra is a little town that has been declared a world heritage site for its culture and history.

Lisbon - Portugal

One of the most picturesque views I have seen was in Lisbon from the top of its castle to the old town.

Global Compact Leaders Summit

On the 6th and 7th of July, The Global compact leaders summit took place at the United Nations palace in Geneve. I had the opportunity to be there and to know world business and social leaders.

Acropolis

I was amazed with the temple of Hephaestus which still stands in really good conditions despite the centuries (449-440 BC)

Greek art

This was actually one of the statues I liked the most at the archaeological museum. It is named Aphrodite and Pan from Delos.

In the 18th century, the islands used to fear attacks from the Ottoman fleet so they used their wealth to fortify the harbour with bastions of cannons.

Greek Islands

I also had the chance to go to two of the greek islands...Poros and Hydra. Here is Hydra's view!

Athens!!!

I made it to Athens!!!! It was such a fantastic feeling to have Acropolis and the Parthenon in front of me.

Las Ramblas

Las Ramblas is Barcelona's most popular street and particularly well known for its human statues !!

L' arche de la Paix

This is a pretty nice and calm place in Milan, L'arche de la Paix.

Milan

It was time to start discovering more of Europe as my schengen visa was finally issued!!! So I started with a weekend trip to Milan. Here at the Duomo.

Easter trip

For Easter I decided to explore a bit more of Switzerland and Liechtenstein, so I went on a tour Zurich, Vaduz (Lienchtenstein's capital) and Luzern. In the photo is the Dying lion of Luzern which is one of the world's most famous monuments.

Gruyeres

Making cheese at Gruyeres! Gruyeres cheese is supposed to be the most famous one in Switzerland.

Le Chateau de Chillon

I visited a XV century castle located besides the Leman lake. Here is the view from the castle to the French mountains.

The winter view from Bern's old city.  

I visited Geneva a couple of weeks ago! I am still missing the visit to the United Nations and the Red Cross buildings which I will hopefully do in the following weeks.  

Trying to ski.....really hard but a lot of fun!!!! I actually was more time on the ground and trying to stand up than skiiing ;) 

My first white Christmas !!!! The view is absolutely beautiful... 

Ice skating with my brother in Manizales. A couple of weeks before leaving to Switzerland. 

My mum, my brother and I on her 50th birthday.  

At my mum's 50th birthday! She made everyone dress up on 60's and 70's clothes.

The big golden guitar at Tamworth. On a road trip going to Sydney.