Going With The Flow The week before school started, we drove from Zurich to Gstaad for a two night getaway. Well, hold on. My husband was supposed to come, but then suddenly had to work (can you imagine!?), so my trusty friend volunteered herself and her two kids to join us in his place. So […] The post The Hideaway in Berner Oberland – Hotel Alpenland Lauenen appeared first on Kate in Zurich ..read more

You Mom so hard, right? Take a morning off to recharge and relax at Zurzach Thermal Spa. We Mom 24/7 and it is a serious full time job. With this combination ticket with SBB RailAway you can get 10% off admission for 2 hours at Zurzach Thermal Spa. My girlfriend and I have 6 kids […] The post Treat Yourself To A Mom Spa Day! appeared first on Kate in Zurich ..read more

Geneva Weekend Getaway Geneva is the perfect family friendly weekend away from Zurich. We had just enough time to do some fun things while planning the next weekend to come and stay again to see some more. We loved the fun and family friendly activities to do in Geneva. And the service was absolutely incredible […] The post A Weekend In Geneva appeared first on Kate in Zurich ..read more

Bonjour!   Our family of 5 explored the family friendly French speaking Canton Vaud last weekend. We ate lunch amongst cows, sailed along in a historic boat, walked along lakes, and picnicked above a roaring river and caves. In our weekend away, we found Vaud to be entirely family friendly. Although next time we will […] The post Family Friendly Canton Vaud appeared first on Kate in Zurich ..read more

We love the Movetime Family Watch, which is available at Swisscom. Read to the end of the post for a 20% off code. The Features We Love On The Movetime Family Watch Geo Location in real time Video calling & regular calling Auto-positioning & manual positioning Class mode (quiet mode) Safe zone geofencing SOS counting […] The post My Thoughts After Testing A Calling Watch On My 8 Year Old appeared first on Kate in Zurich ..read more

Dad In Zurich The illusive Dad In Zurich behind Mom In Zurich is my husband of almost 15 years. He answered a few a his favorite things for me this week. A bit of background on Dad In Zurich, well, from my point of view of course. He was born and raised in Pretoria, South […] The post Dad In Zurich And A Few of His Favorite Things appeared first on Kate in Zurich ..read more

Use code MOM20 on the Swiss Reima webstore and receive 20% off all regular price Reima items. Shipping is not included. The post 20% off Reima October 21-27 appeared first on Kate in Zurich ..read more

We have a giveaway! Last weekend we were lucky enough to attend the premiere of the new animated movie EVEREST- Ein Yeti will hoch hinaus at Arena Cinemas Sihlcity in Zurich. To enter the giveaway of EVEREST- Ein Yeti will hoch hinaus swag, go to this Instagram post. My 10 and 8 year old daughters […] The post Giveaway- EVEREST- Ein Yeti Will Hoch Hinaus appeared first on Kate in Zurich ..read more

Getting To Venice: We love traveling to Venice with kids. So when Europa Camping Village invited us to stay with them, we couldn’t wait to make a long weekend out of it. i started by buying train tickets from Zurich to Venice. There is a daily train from Zurich to Venice leaving at 9:10am every […] The post Venice With Kids- Europa Camping Village appeared first on Kate in Zurich ..read more

We spent my husband’s birthday hiking in Gänsbrunnen. Gänsbrunnen is located in canton Solothurn, an hour and twenty minutes by car or train from the Zurich HB (main train station). We took our car and parked at the Gänsbrunnen train station. Alternatively, we could’ve taken the train to Gänsbrunnen and started there. Once parked at […] The post Hiking With Kids In Switzerland- Gänsbrunnen appeared first on Kate in Zurich ..read more