Vanessa Martin Randin currently lives in a beautiful (yet neutral) part of the world – Switzerland.
She stays brown even during the winter; a useful aspect of having Indian genes. While she called Dubai her home for 18 years, Vanessa travels with a Canadian passport and her Swiss husband for good company.
In addition to speaking bad French and a smattering of Swiss German, Vanessa can swear in Arabic and recite a poem about a fish in Hindi. Her music degree from the University of Western Ontario in Canada has rendered her incapable of counting to more than four.
And her year spent in Lancaster, England, has forever messed up her pronunciation of the letter “u”.
Her appreciation for eating out and trying new foods stems from her intense dislike of cooking. When asked what she’s making for dinner, Vanessa will usually reply “reservations”. On the weekend, she and her husband love nothing better than visiting parts of Europe to taste local wines and other fine foods.
When she’s not talking about herself in the third person, Vanessa enjoys looking for material to keep this blog entertaining and informative, learning to ride horses as well as curling up on the couch with a good book and her cat Indira for company.
CONTACT
This blog, like most other aspects of my life at the moment, is a work-in-progress. I’m always open to ways of improving the look, feel and content on this site. So if you have any ideas, please drop me a line. I’d love to hear from you! You can contact me at this email address chickstravelflicks@hotmail.com
That’s the same Vanessa I know… Great!
Vanessa, We need to catch up soon!
Vanessa,
It’s great to see you blogging again! Can’t wait until the next installment of your adventures!!!
Hi Vanessa,
I was taking a look over your blog and I really enjoyed reading your travel posts! I wanted to let you know about a cool new blog program UpTake is now offering that I would like to talk to you about. So, if you could email me at your earliest convenience, I would love to tell you more about it!
Best,
Brittany
Hey Vanessa,
I work with the cheapoair travel blog and I was wondering if you’d be interested in guest blogging for the cheapoair travel blog.
Please let me know if you are.
Thanks,
Aldo
(you can find me on twitter @cheapoairaldo)
HI there,
Just thought I’d let you know about http://www.expatarrivals.com/. This website is looking for local ‘experts’ to write about where they are living. In Switzerland, they are looking for expats living in Zurich and Geneva. I am writing about Zurich, and thought you could do the same with your corner of Switzerland. They don’t pay for submissions, but you get exposure and the possibility of getting some money through adsense ads.
Denise
Hi Denise, Thanks very much for the information. I’ll look into it as soon as I can.
I just learned that I am included on 50 Awesome European Travel Blogs – I am number 15 and you are number 11. I would love to link my page with yours. Any interest? My blog is eileenbarish.net Please let me know. Ciao. Eileen
hahahha, I love ur lil intro abt urself! nice blog, just happened to come across it. Will visit more often
Thanks! Looking forward to having you visit more often!
Hey Vanessa, just saw this. Wow, great.