Topic: Life in Switzerland
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Swiss design
Click to view larger.Our bank gave each one of our children one of these crayon boxes with some crayons inside.I love the...
Click to view larger.Our bank gave each one of our children one of these crayon boxes with some crayons inside.I love the...
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The little things in life
It is the little things in life that matter the most.I have found two wonderful women in the last few months that have changed...
It is the little things in life that matter the most.I have found two wonderful women in the last few months that have changed...
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My girls are ready for gym class at their Swiss school
I searched Etsy.com for gym bags for my girls. They need bags to put their gym shoes and clothes in. They are required to...
I searched Etsy.com for gym bags for my girls. They need bags to put their gym shoes and clothes in. They are required to...
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Walk before dinner
We decided to take our walk before dinner tonight because we wanted to be able to get out before the rain started. It did...
We decided to take our walk before dinner tonight because we wanted to be able to get out before the rain started. It did...
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Soldes (Sales) in Bienne - Biel
We had the great chance to find out that each year Bienne has a huge sale held in the streets on the last weekend of June. ...
We had the great chance to find out that each year Bienne has a huge sale held in the streets on the last weekend of June. ...
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Summer Break
Summer Break is finally here!This past week has been a busy one. My five year old finished her last day of school today. She...
Summer Break is finally here!This past week has been a busy one. My five year old finished her last day of school today. She...
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Swiss School girl
Yesterday, we went to a meeting between my youngest daughter’s teachers and her future classmates. I don’t know...
Yesterday, we went to a meeting between my youngest daughter’s teachers and her future classmates. I don’t know...
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Naturally Bilingual
I stopped this morning to talk to two older neighbors who started a conversation with me about the weather. It wasn’t...
I stopped this morning to talk to two older neighbors who started a conversation with me about the weather. It wasn’t...
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Sisters forever
My four year old daughter received a letter in the mail from her teachers explaining that she will start the école enfantine...
My four year old daughter received a letter in the mail from her teachers explaining that she will start the école enfantine...
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Chicken pox
When I stretched my arms this morning and then rubbed my eyes open, I couldn’t believe what I was seeing.Sun!Today, for...
When I stretched my arms this morning and then rubbed my eyes open, I couldn’t believe what I was seeing.Sun!Today, for...
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Wild Flowers
During our walk with Sissi and her children, I told her how much I love the wild flowers here in Switzerland.You can read...
During our walk with Sissi and her children, I told her how much I love the wild flowers here in Switzerland.You can read...
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A friend stopped by
Click to view larger.Yesterday, Sissi gave me a call and said she would be in my area and perhaps she could stop by. We were...
Click to view larger.Yesterday, Sissi gave me a call and said she would be in my area and perhaps she could stop by. We were...
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Hard decisions
When we went to Fribourg a little while back, I had mentioned that there was an opportunity there.I traveled there for an...
When we went to Fribourg a little while back, I had mentioned that there was an opportunity there.I traveled there for an...
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Sick Boy Blue
The photo was taken yesterday on the way to the zoo in La Chaux-de-fonds. Boy Blue fell sound asleep on his Papa’s...
The photo was taken yesterday on the way to the zoo in La Chaux-de-fonds. Boy Blue fell sound asleep on his Papa’s...
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In and around Montfaucon, Switzerland
Montfaucon is a municipality located in the Jura of Switzerland. Sunday, we took a four hour walk in and around this...
Montfaucon is a municipality located in the Jura of Switzerland. Sunday, we took a four hour walk in and around this...
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I got my Swiss drivers license!!!
Since Ohio only states the date that you renew your drivers license and not the date that you first got a drivers license, I...
Since Ohio only states the date that you renew your drivers license and not the date that you first got a drivers license, I...
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Sweet surprises
Life is full of surprises.Luckily, there are more that are sweet than not.A huge rain cloud hung over a section of the...
Life is full of surprises.Luckily, there are more that are sweet than not.A huge rain cloud hung over a section of the...
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Mother’s Day
My five year old daughter gave me these beautiful flowers for Mother’s Day.The petals are made of wire and the centers...
My five year old daughter gave me these beautiful flowers for Mother’s Day.The petals are made of wire and the centers...
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My morning walk
We are taking our daily walks as we did last summer and fall. The kids and I make a big tour of our village and then head home...
We are taking our daily walks as we did last summer and fall. The kids and I make a big tour of our village and then head home...
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Living in a Swiss village with kids
My kids love their life in our Swiss village.I don’t worry about them being outside by themselves. An hour will pass...
My kids love their life in our Swiss village.I don’t worry about them being outside by themselves. An hour will pass...
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Saturday in the sun
The horses were interested in us, but only from a safe distance. You can see smoke in the background where a farmer was...
The horses were interested in us, but only from a safe distance. You can see smoke in the background where a farmer was...
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Will it be the jackpot or a small change?
Vilay and I are at a point where in three months our life will change.Again.It may be a little change.It may be a big...
Vilay and I are at a point where in three months our life will change.Again.It may be a little change.It may be a big...
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The Jura in Spring
Our mountains are blooming with Spring.We are taking nightly walks as we did before the snow. The children run in the fields...
Our mountains are blooming with Spring.We are taking nightly walks as we did before the snow. The children run in the fields...
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Confession of an expat
I have just realized that each time I feel isolated here in the Jura it is because of something going on with my neighbors.In...
I have just realized that each time I feel isolated here in the Jura it is because of something going on with my neighbors.In...
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Sunset - Moonrise
Living in the mountains is living close to nature.I am continuously surprised by the beauty of the unexpected.We were walking...
Living in the mountains is living close to nature.I am continuously surprised by the beauty of the unexpected.We were walking...
