From the monthly archives:

August 2008

Saignelégier, Switzerland

August 31, 2008

Saturday, we walked around Saignelégier. Can you believe that with a population of only a little over 2100 inhabitants, Saignelégier is the capital of the Franches-Montagnes? A church in the city. The other side of the church with road construction. The street has been torn up for some time but it is finally almost completed. [...]

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Hail Mary in Goumois, France

August 30, 2008

Click to view larger. Click to view larger. The statue is on the French side of Goumois but the mountains in the back of the photo are in Switzerland. Click to view larger. Ave Maria (Hail Mary)

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Busy but happy

August 29, 2008

We have been busy around here with work, school and daily life. There is always cooking, baking and cleaning to do not to mention children to chase after. I have been preparing for a new job that I don’t want to write about here for obvious reasons. I will work one night a week and [...]

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Lego fun

August 28, 2008

I found a daily photo blog called a Lego a day recently while searching around Google after I shot a photo of my kids Legos. Each day I look forward to checking in on these little guys to see what they have been up to. My five year old daughter and son were bored since [...]

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Life is in the making of moments that you cherish

August 27, 2008

Instead of sitting in front of the computer or television… Make a flower cake with your children. Eat it slowly over warm tea and with a side of lively conversation. Enjoy the cake with all your senses while you note how intelligent and sweet your children are. Take a walk even if the sun is [...]

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Day in Bern

August 26, 2008

We walked for about four hours in Bern on Saturday. I shared some of the photos with you already but thought I’d share a few more. There was a big market where we bought some fruit to snack on. We watched a rally supporting Georgia. The sign reads “The more Europe cares, the fewer are [...]

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Nature in Bern, Switzerland

August 25, 2008

I really enjoy our visits to Bern. We visited this quiet but not sleepy city once again on Saturday. We set out to discover new corners of the capital of Switzerland that we haven’t explored before. Today, I would like to share some of the nature photos that I took. Bern like many Swiss cities [...]

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Junkerngasse

August 24, 2008

Street name in Bern, Switzerland that made the child in me snicker.

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School is the tops

August 24, 2008

My girls each made a top at school during their first week there. The past week my five year old went in the mornings and my four year old went in the afternoons. Starting Monday, they will be on their regular schedule but only starting gym class the following week. Apparently, my five year old [...]

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Cookie kind of day

August 20, 2008

We had been having some rain. So, I decided it was a cookie kind of day. I used a Chocolate Chip cookie recipe I found online to make a rainy day a little bit brighter. It worked! Tip: We didn’t have chocolate chips so I just chopped a bar of baking chocolate into small chunks. [...]

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Things

August 19, 2008

Small Swiss cowbell we bought from a vendor set up outside the Marché Concours in Saignelegier. Cup and saucer given to us by my husband’s aunt and uncle in Prague. These cat decorations are seen all over Prague. I love the whimsical feeling and the bright spring colors. Saucer alone. Cup alone. We moved into [...]

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Le Creux-des-Biches to Les Bois

August 17, 2008

Saturday, we took a walk from Le Creux-des-Biches to Les Bois. It was one of the most beautiful walks we have taken yet. There wasn’t a lot of hill climbing but the views were impressive. As usual, I had the feeling I was walking on top of the world. Click to view larger. The Restaurant [...]

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Taste of summer

August 15, 2008

Some of the places we have been the last week weeks have been Neuchâtel with my In-laws, Bern to get my notarized authorization for a replacement passport for my oldest daughter (we went to the American Embassy) and a few other places shown below and others that are not. I have been busy getting ready [...]

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Home in the Jura

August 13, 2008

Click to view larger. Click to view larger. Photos taken during a walk around our village. ******** I am going to start sharing favorite links at the end of my posts. smitten kitchen – Be prepared to drool.

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Week in Prague – Part V

August 12, 2008

Prague wasn’t just about sightseeing for us. It was mostly about visiting family. We visited family every night. We went bowling with the Czech family and to the zoo with the family of our hosts (my husband’s cousin and his beautiful wife). The kids got to play with their French cousin who made the trip [...]

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