A Sunday Kind of Love
It’s Sunday.I woke up early – as always – in my apartment by the sea in Chott Meriem.Luna was still […]
Here and Now
An insight into the chaotic charm of my life as a Swiss woman in her mid-forties, who emigrated from a charming small town in the canton of Solothurn to wild Tunisia. Stories, photos, and occasional opinions, whenever I feel like it. Welcome to the raw, unfiltered moments of my world.
The Lamppost, the Language Lesson & My 24-Hour Mind Affair
A Swiss woman in Tunisia puts up a flyer for a language teacher and ends up with a charming tutor, scrambled eggs, and a wildly overactive imagination. A story about attraction, translation, and the fine art of keeping your pubic hair.
Flâneries at Dusk – Tantana’s Raw Soul
An evening walk through Tantana with Luna and Riadh – stray cats, street dogs, trash piles and coffee by the sea. A raw photo gallery of wild beauty at the edge of Tunisia.
Tantana vs. Kantaoui – My Tunisian Reality Check
Act I – The Master Plan I always have a plan. Not just one – usually two or three, stacked
When “Not Spicy” Burns a Hole in Your Soul
I’m sitting in my temporary apartment, waiting for the fire in my mouth and throat to calm down.“Not spicy,” Riadh
One beach. Two hearts. Kantaoui.
As two Swiss souls, one human, one canine, we found our wild hearts’ rhythm on the shores of El Kantaoui.
Gratitude, Tinder Therapy & Souk Kidnappings
I have never felt this connected while being this far away. A net of friends and family, a dog-sitting angel named Riadh (plus his mum), a Tinder soul with midnight balm, and the annoying sage who keeps saying “Just say no”—which is why I sometimes don’t.
Klein Luna, Big Queenship (Week 2 in Kantaoui)
Small doesn’t mean silent: Luna finds her roar on the beach, I level up my street-crossing protocol on Route Touristique, and a landlord asks me to fund her couch. Heavy metal life—too loud to be safe, too good to be boring.
Kantaoui Schnappschüsse Woche Eins
Hier ein paar kurze Einblicke in meine erste Woche in Tunesien:
Wide Awake, Week One
Sometimes the only way through is to write the whole mess out of my head. It’s early Saturday morning and
One Week in Kantaoui: Heat, Hormones & “Haute Standing” (lol)
Arrival: August 14, 2025 — exactly one week later I’m typing this in Kantaoui. Touchdown with zero drama Despite a
Last Train – In More Ways Than One – Weed in Tunisia
Weed Was Nice. Sometimes. Today I smoked my last joint. And yes, I’ll miss it. And at the same time
24 Days Until Take-off
Only 24 days left. Then I’ll board a plane and fly away—leaving a country that never truly wanted me. Behind
Blissfully Paperless: The Day I Let the Form God Starve
I don’t know what possessed me. Maybe it was defiance. Maybe exhaustion. Maybe the quiet realization that a system forcing
Mubawab or the Mystery of Kantaoui
Chapter 1: The Fatal Click 🖱️ It began the way all great tragicomedies begin: with a click. More precisely, a
El Kantaoui To-Go-Liste
Meine persönliche El Kantaoui To-Go-Liste mit allem, was rund um die Résidence Chatt El Kantaoui fussläufig oder schnell erreichbar ist
Zia, 47 — and so done with this place
II’m Zia. And this is my blog. Forty-eight, born in the Canton of Bern, currently marooned in the bureaucratic limbo
Embracing Change: Zia’s Journey Towards a New Life in Tunisia
Life is a journey, an ever-evolving process of self-discovery, healing, and transformation. Over the past three months, I’ve had the
Stress, Dissociation, and the Art of Napping
December 2019: The disability pension arrives – and suddenly (almost) everything gets better In December 2019, I finally received the
When Abuse Is Spoken About – and No One Listens
Back at Work After a Break Yesterday and today I returned to the cooperative after a week of vacation. Paddy
Brain Overload: When Overthinking Is the Only Workout
One week off—though “vacation” might be the wrong word, since I wasn’t exactly relaxed. I meant to enjoy the free
When Truth Hits: A Week of Revelations
This week completely overwhelmed me. I had barely finished and published my post, “Paddy – Child Abuse, and What Remains,”
Pfändung oder Bulgarien? Eine mentale Flucht
Letzten Dienstag hatte ich einen Termin beim Betreibungsamt – eine Pfändungsvollstreckung. In den letzten zwanzig Jahren waren solche Termine ein
Bye bye Genossenschaft, Stiftung ich komme
Im Dezember 2019 erhielt ich endlich die lang ersehnte Nachricht: Ich bekam eine Teilrente der IV zugesprochen. Nach einer langen
Experiencing the Future: Paying for My Coffee with a Smartwatch
Last December, I made a discovery during the Black Friday sales—a Google Smartwatch at an unbeatable deal on Amazon. I’ve
Zias Fotoalbum April 2023
In dieser Galerie zeige ich meine liebsten Schnappschüsse aus jener Zeit, als Luna in mein Leben trat. Ich habe sie
Fotogalerie Juni 2020
Mein Juni 2020 war ganz den Pflanzen gewidmet. In meiner neuen Wohnung geniesse ich das Alleinsein – ohne Scheissfigur Eric,
Foto-Erinnerungen November 2019
Kurz nach dem positiven Vorbescheid der IV habe ich mir eine eigene Wohnung gesucht. Eigentlich wollte ich eine moderne Wohnung,