Category Archive: Food

Feeling Proud!

According to the recipe book, these cuties are called “Whoopie Cookies.” I made them!! Lemme tell ya, if you think French is a language to learn, you haven’t yet tried baking in French.… Continue reading

La Fête du Chocolat | Le Musée d’Arts et d’Histoire

One of my friends from university, Michael, is studying abroad in Paris for one year and he was able to take a weekend trip to sightsee in Geneva. The weekend of the 27th… Continue reading

Midnight in Paris – Day 4

As someone who appreciates receiving information in a manner that is conducive to learning, I felt it necessary to take a picture of this silliness. What you see below you, is sugar cubes… Continue reading

Brussels Trammels – Day 2

Today, September 24th, was the first day of our lectures “abroad” (by this I mean away from Switzerland). They were held in one of the hotel’s conference rooms (thank goodness! less work for… Continue reading

Brussels Mussels – Day 1

As soon as we arrived in Brussels, I started looking around at the people in the station and noticed something. Most people had a somewhat elongated face–skinnier features and longer noses and chins.… Continue reading

Fondue in the Mountains

Every year, SIT hosts a dinner for the host families and their students during which they feeds us fondue. This year, the restaurant we went to was in La Dôle, a peak in… Continue reading

Macaron de Framboise

I’m sorry if this makes you salivate, but… My host mom bought this delicacy just for me! It’s just like the macaroon that one would buy in Ladurée in Paris, but it’s also… Continue reading

Market at Divonne-les-Bains, France

Did I ever mention how expensive Switzerland is? Well, if anyone knows this, it is the Swiss. Which is why, it is very popular to go to Divonne-les-Bains, a little town in eastern… Continue reading