Episode Five – Switzerland
Aileen Woulfe and her husband Ronan Fitzgerald, both in their fifties, have been living in Switzerland for the last twenty years. They run Happy Dogs Aigle, a dog boarding and daycare service with a luxury feel. Baz helps out with the canine guests and, over a fondue with the pair, learns about Aileen and Ronan’s new life in Switzerland.
Escaping the rain, Baz travels to a neighbouring area where he meets Clondalkin couple Sophie Shannon and Bartosz Guszul, both in their early twenties, who moved to Switzerland two years ago. On a scenic cable car ride, followed by a hike, Baz learns what they love so much about Switzerland.
At teatime, Baz drops into Aileen Ryan Buhler’s tearoom to meet the Limerick woman who has been living in Switzerland for the last 35 years. Here, he meets a group of Irish women who are new and old to the country, while sampling Aileen’s delicious home baked cakes.
Series Overview
In the second instalment of this popular series for RTÉ One, Baz Ashmawy returns, bag packed and passport in hand, to hit the road to meet Irish people who have left Ireland behind to set up home somewhere else in the world.
Over the six episodes Baz meets a variety of Irish people who have settled abroad and finds out about their adopted home when it comes to how they live, work and play.
Across the series, Baz visits Belgium, Portugal, France, Sweden, Switzerland, and Cyprus. In each country he spends time with a host of Irish expats, learning about their new lives and country, finding out why, for them, it’s The Best Place To Be.
