Have I ever said I like to travel? If yes, I will say it again: I love to travel!
I feel so lucky for the chance I've to travel, once in a while, meeting new places and countries.
This time I went to Geneva, in a weekend trip by Easyjet, just to relax a bit.
Geneva is a small town so 2 and half days were enough to sightseeing the city, which is very calm, clean and secure, by the way was one of the most secure cities I ever been.
The people of Geneva are very nice and friendly. French is the most speak language but almost everyone knows english, lucky of me because my french is terrible.
I was so luck with the weather. Funny thing, I decided to buy an umbrella an the moment I left the shop started to rain for less than 5 minutes and didn't rain the rest of my time there. Lucky! But the cold was tremendous.
Thanks to Heidiland tips, I was ready to Geneva. Normally I wore layers of clothing so I may take off when I enter museums or so, but never feel cold outside. But I was about to take melissas when she told me "For god sake, don't take melissas!" and thank god I didn't take melissas... I would have been cold to the core.
Geneva is a very high scale city. Prepare yourself to spend lots of money specially with food. Eating out cost at least 20 swiss francs and you need to search well for those prices. Coffee and water are also expensive, but I found out water was much cheaper in supermarkets, less than one swiss franc.
Lucky I had with me my marvelous guide-book from Estampa Publisher which not only ha the city divided in areas but had low cost tips. Thanks to this book I discovered a beautiful tea room named La Vouivre with a wonderful decoration and cheap! Its near the Pâquis area and apparently is always full, of course!
- Jet d'Eau
- Cathedral of Genebra
- Flower clock
- Historic center
- English garden
- Wall of reformator
- Square of Bourg-de-Four
- Rath Museum
- Bains de Pâquis
- United Nation headquarters
- Eat one of the famous fondue
- Train ride along the historic center
- Walk in one of the garden
- Drink a coffee near the lake
- Take a bath or a massage at Bains de Pâquis
- And if you want to take your trip to another level, take a bus to sightseeing the areas beside Geneva
You can check Heidiland blog for more tips about this issue.
- Public transportation are free of charge and you will receive a card during check-in. This card can be used in boats (yellow boats), bus and electric trains.
- In the airport, just next to exit there is a free ticket dispenser machine. This ticket has lifespan of 2 hours, but is only free with your flight ticket.
- Geneva has several water fountains with drinkable water. If you are those who doesn't mind drinking water from other places, this is very good for you. Just be alert to potable water signs. This tip was also given by Heidiland, which made me more alert to this fountains after our conversation.
- Check the weather before your flight. Geneva is surrounded bu mountains and can be a very cold place to be. On Saturday morning was -2 degrees. Take gloves and warm boots with with during autumn/winter.
Be aware Jet d'Eau close due maintenance once a year, between October, November and will open middle December. You will not find this information on its official website...
One of those places was called Pedra Alta, and if you know a bit of Sesimbra you know there is a place called like that and there is a big rock on the beach near the fortress with that name. What a coincidence!
Hope you like this post and enjoy the rest of your day!
I feel so lucky for the chance I've to travel, once in a while, meeting new places and countries.
This time I went to Geneva, in a weekend trip by Easyjet, just to relax a bit.
Geneva is a small town so 2 and half days were enough to sightseeing the city, which is very calm, clean and secure, by the way was one of the most secure cities I ever been.
The people of Geneva are very nice and friendly. French is the most speak language but almost everyone knows english, lucky of me because my french is terrible.
I was so luck with the weather. Funny thing, I decided to buy an umbrella an the moment I left the shop started to rain for less than 5 minutes and didn't rain the rest of my time there. Lucky! But the cold was tremendous.
Thanks to Heidiland tips, I was ready to Geneva. Normally I wore layers of clothing so I may take off when I enter museums or so, but never feel cold outside. But I was about to take melissas when she told me "For god sake, don't take melissas!" and thank god I didn't take melissas... I would have been cold to the core.
Geneva is a very high scale city. Prepare yourself to spend lots of money specially with food. Eating out cost at least 20 swiss francs and you need to search well for those prices. Coffee and water are also expensive, but I found out water was much cheaper in supermarkets, less than one swiss franc.
Lucky I had with me my marvelous guide-book from Estampa Publisher which not only ha the city divided in areas but had low cost tips. Thanks to this book I discovered a beautiful tea room named La Vouivre with a wonderful decoration and cheap! Its near the Pâquis area and apparently is always full, of course!
What to see
- Jet d'Eau- Cathedral of Genebra
- Flower clock
- Historic center
- English garden
- Wall of reformator
- Square of Bourg-de-Four
- Rath Museum
- Bains de Pâquis
- United Nation headquarters
What to do
- Boat ride- Eat one of the famous fondue
- Train ride along the historic center
- Walk in one of the garden
- Drink a coffee near the lake
- Take a bath or a massage at Bains de Pâquis
- And if you want to take your trip to another level, take a bus to sightseeing the areas beside Geneva
What to eat
No doubt you need to trip the chocolates, I did it and they are really amazing! Switzerland is also known for their cheese and fondues. You can find several boat trips with fondue included.You can check Heidiland blog for more tips about this issue.
Tips
- Thanks to Heidiland I knew about a biological supermarket named Migros, which was a very good alternative to my food choices due to my allergies. It has gluten free bread, can soaps and even the water was cheap. Thanks to HeidilandI ate very good meals for low prices and everything was biological and gluten free. Thank you Heidiland!!- Public transportation are free of charge and you will receive a card during check-in. This card can be used in boats (yellow boats), bus and electric trains.
- In the airport, just next to exit there is a free ticket dispenser machine. This ticket has lifespan of 2 hours, but is only free with your flight ticket.
- Geneva has several water fountains with drinkable water. If you are those who doesn't mind drinking water from other places, this is very good for you. Just be alert to potable water signs. This tip was also given by Heidiland, which made me more alert to this fountains after our conversation.
- Check the weather before your flight. Geneva is surrounded bu mountains and can be a very cold place to be. On Saturday morning was -2 degrees. Take gloves and warm boots with with during autumn/winter.
Down side...
Geneva is not a very touristic city, even it has plenty of touristic places. There are a few companies with re-creative boats but be prepared to spend hours waiting for the post to open so you may get your ticket... Funny thing, in 3 days I only say it open once with a gigantic queue. So I didn't took any boat!Be aware Jet d'Eau close due maintenance once a year, between October, November and will open middle December. You will not find this information on its official website...
Portuguese in the world
Yes, we Portuguese people are everywhere... And Geneva was no exception! I found several Portuguese restaurants with bifanas (bread with slices of pork), creme tarts known as pasteis de nata or Sagres beer :)One of those places was called Pedra Alta, and if you know a bit of Sesimbra you know there is a place called like that and there is a big rock on the beach near the fortress with that name. What a coincidence!
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| Bifana! |
Hope you like this post and enjoy the rest of your day!
I'm back home... so tired but with my heart full!
Can you guess where I've been? Which city I will write about pretty soon?
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What happens to your body when you stop eating wheat/gluten?Some time ago, when for the first time the idea of me being gluten/wheat intolerant pop up, I started to investigate what was gluten, what was celiac disease, its consequences and benefits of a gluten free diet... Back then, one sentence stood in my mind: "gluten free diet its great to lose weight", obviously I immediately though "I don't want to lose any more weight!"
Later, when the first sometimes starts to appear, I saw myself pushed to take this path, a gluten free diet, in order to live well without feeling being eaten by bugs on my skin (everything reacts on my skin).
Than the benefits and consequences started!
This wheat free diet, made me exclude bread, cookies, pasta and everything that contains wheat, which apparently everything has wheat flour... Even when you think, oh know this for sure doesn't have wheat, HAS!
But my body seems to purify without wheat!
So I will tell you my thoughts about this, you from that side may already thought about this diet and need a personal testimony out gluten free diet.
Less swelling
The first benefit I felt was less swelling! Although I'm a skinny girl, I always had an extra fluffy thing on my waist/belly and one or two weeks after I started, the feeling of swelling disappeared. My belly was flat again, I felt less full and the feeling of weight was gone.More energy
The second benefit, came from the first one, of course. With less swelling feeling, I started to feel more energetic and be sure I already considered myself an energetic person. But that mean I didn't felt tired, swelling and heavy.Less weight
The negative side of this diet is, at this moment, my weight is way to low for what should be. Normally I'm very difficult to gain weight but now I double my struggle to get a bit fatFor those, whom the main concern is to lose weight/volume, this could be a positive side effect, however for me, is not!
Alternative food choices...
In Portugal, the alternative gluten free food choices are very low and the ones you can get, are so damn expensive. Next time you go to your local supermarket, make this experience, try to get gluten free items from your shopping list, read the labels and try to find free wheat products! You will see the difficulty we have in Portugal. I know in another places, aboard, the gluten free choices are wider! Lucky you :DAnd this will take us to...
Do it yourself
Well, because of so little gluten free options, I started to cook (even) more. I cook my own bread, waffles, cakes, pizzas, etc... And you may ask: "Does it pay for?" and I reply: "YES!"Lets see from this point, gluten free croissants that supermarkets sell cost 3 euros, for 2 little tiny units. With 3 euros, I make 8 waffles, for example, including the electricity I spent.
On the other hand, I have more work cooking and cleaning the kitchen...
Overall
If it was the fact I lost weight and the fact of having so little gluten free options in Portuguese market, this new diet would not be bad at all!
In fact, a gluten free diet may be advice for those who want to loss weight and get healthier.
Search and read what others talk about this diet.
I, for healthy reasons, had to remove wheat from my diet. If it wasn't because of this issue I would never thought of becoming gluten free...
Attention!
Please be aware all diets must be taken seriously and you should take healthy choices and make exercise as well.
If you want to join to this type of diet, please go to a serious nutritionist, to check if this is suitable for you.
And enjoy the rest of your day!
Bem já devem de ter lido a outra receita de waffles (ver aqui), mas hoje trago-vos uma nova receita.
Há bastante tempo que faço as waffles e já me sinto perita no assunto, tanto que comecei a aventurar-me por outro tipo de waffles e a fazer experimentações... A adicionar limão, nozes ou mesmo canela.
Mas hoje trago-vos uma outra, waffles de chocolate! Quem não gosta de chocolate hum?
Bem a receita é simples e muito semelhante à de waffle simples:
- 2 ovos inteiros;
- 1 chávena de chá de farinha sem glúten;
- 2/3 de chávena de chá de leite à temperatura ambiente;
- 1 colher de açucar;
- 1 colher de sobremesa de sal;
- 1 colher de sobremesa de goma Xantana;
- 1 colher de chá (cheia) de fermento;
- 1/8 de chávena de chá óleo;
- 1/2 colher de chá de canela;
- 1/4 de chávena de chá de raspas de chocolate.
Comecem por aquecer a máquina de waffles (o atenção que o Lidl de tempos a tempos tem esta máquina) e enquanto isso preparem a massa...
Numa tigela larga, misturem tudo e envolvam até obterem uma massa homogénea.
Quando a máquina de waffles estiver a luz verde, com a ajuda de uma colher, deitem uma porção da massa e deitem cozer.
Repitam este último passo até acabar a massa.
não é tão simples?
Dica, podem congelar os waffles e comerem durante a semana ao lanche, pequeno-almoço, etc. Basta meterem-nas no microondas ou torradeira uns 30 segundos e parece que foram acabadas de fazer!
And enjoy the rest of your day!
Ok, some days ago I saw a 2 ingredients brownies recipe but I thought it had too many eggs for me... So I decided to improvise my own recipe... I made it totally by scratch and had no idea if it was the right combination of ingredients, if it was even an ok recipe... I just did it and hope for the best!
Surprisingly they turn out not ok, BUT out of the world brownies!!! I had to stopped myself from eat it because it was soooo good I just wanted to eat the all thing...
So I will share my recipe with you, lovely people!
Ingredients:
- 3 eggs;
- 1/2 cup of gluten free flour;
- 1 tea spoon of xantham gum;
- 1 tea spoon of yeast;
- 1/2 tea spoon of cinnamon;
- 1/4 cup of milk;
- Chocolate chips (be generous);
- 1 cup (around 200gr) of chocolate Tuli Creme (gluten free);
- A bunch of nuts for decoration.
Put the Tuli Creme in the microwaves for 1 or minutes so it will be more liquid. Mix the flour, the yeast and xantham gum.
Whip the 3 eggs and the Tuli Creme. Pour spoons of flour and mix it. Add the chocolate chips, the cinnamon and mix it again.
Pour the dough in a rectangular cake pan and add more chocolate chips and the nuts.
Let it cook, for about 15 minutes in the oven (around 200º).
And enjoy the rest of your day!
