A fall and winter spent finding small pleasures and appreciating our good fortune and good friends in tumultuous times.

Still relegated to road trips because of the pandemic, we load up another rental car with camping gear and decide to give Switzerland a second chance.

With the borders closed to non-EU countries and COVID seemingly under control, we decide there’s no time like the present to hike and camp our way across the Austrian Alps.

As the virus continues to spread and America sets itself on fire, we seize an opportunity to escape to the Harz mountains for a much-needed respite in nature.

With the whole world locked in pandemic standstill, we travel between the living room and bedroom of our tiny Berlin apartment.