Author: biyahi

After a couple of difficult weeks, and the promise – unfortunately- of more to come, it’s now time to get back to writing. Since this blog is about tales of hospitality, I thought it would be useful for my readers to understand a little bit about the particular characteristics of a hotelier… To be a…

Little did I know, last Friday, what was about to happen in Paris that night of the 13th… I have been trying for most of the week -with difficulty most of the times- to come back to a sense of normality after the tragic events. Today, I face a blank mind, and can’t think of…

Nous aimons le vin We love wine Nous aimons les terrasses We love terraces Nous aimons les minijupes We love mini-skirts Nous aimons la musique, l’art, la culture, la beauté We love music, art, culture, beauty Nous sommes une république laïque We are a non religious republic Nous sommes français We are French Nous sommes…

, Aged 17,trying to look –and, perhaps naively, think- like John Lennon (I will try to dig out a picture of that era sometime!), I remember telling my parents that I just wanted to complete Semester 1 at the EHL (the acronym for Ecole Hôtelière de Lausanne) and then head out to discover the world……

It’s Friday and it’s time for a new post on Reflectionson…., which name should be changing soon, by the way… any suggestions please feel free! Here I was, then, about 14 years old and getting ready for my first interview with the Admissions Director at the famous Ecole Hôtelière de Lausanne… A week or two…

Let’s face it, the roots of our passions and what we love today are forged by our childhood experiences and memories… so here are a few facts that my readers should know before embarking 🙂 I was very privileged from the start, being part of a not so conformist family, and exposed from a very…