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June 2009

Montreux, Switzerland (part 2)

June 30, 2009

The rest of the photos from our day in Montreux back in May. I took the first four while Vilay took the remaining photos. Montreux, Switzerland (part 1)

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Montreux, Switzerland

June 27, 2009

In May, we went to Montreux, Switzerland. I kept forgetting to post about it. I don’t know how I could have forgotten when it is so beautiful there. Just beautiful. More photos to come. Vilay’s post about our visit to Montreux.

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Life in a small village in the Jura

June 24, 2009

…is SUPER calm. Vilay (my husband) took the following photos while I was cooking and cleaning at home.  ;) The Jura is the youngest canton of Switzerland. I see rabbits in these cages around our village. My only question is what do they do with the rabbits at the end of summer? Do they raise [...]

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Wild berry scare

June 21, 2009

My three youngest children ate some wild berries today. I didn’t know about it. I had no idea what kind of plant this is. I have told them a zillion and one times to never eat any plant, berry or lost candies they find outside. They clearly didn’t listen. Vilay called the poison center in [...]

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Life in the slow lane

June 18, 2009

My two youngest girls are off with their class in the mountains today. They left a little after eight this morning and won’t come back until after almost six tonight. They were so excited to go. All the mothers watched the children get on the train with their teachers.  The children looked so big and [...]

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Making homemade bread

June 17, 2009

When I want bread for sandwiches, I have to buy it from the grocery. In Switzerland, it is expensive. I found myself searching for a way to make bread at home to save some money. Today, I found a recipe and I made some bread. I. Made. Bread. Ha! Is that cool, or what? I [...]

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Le Mont-Crosin

June 15, 2009

We ended up at Mont-Crosin during our walk on Saturday. The view is spectacular to say the least.

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Horse country – Jura, Switzerland

June 14, 2009

There is a wild west theme throughout the Jura that I find amusing. Yet, there are times I wonder if I am not truly living in the west rather than Switzerland. We were almost to our village when we were passed by a man riding a horse. My six year old started giggling. She asked [...]

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The beauty of Saturday

June 13, 2009

We walked over four hours today (mostly up the mountain). It was hotter outside than we used to so the walk was not an easy one. What it was… It was completely beautiful. Here’s a peak.

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This whirlwind called life

June 12, 2009

As I laid my head on my pillow last night, I thought about all the things that I had accomplished that day and all the things that I had not. My day was filled with cleaning, cooking, baking, grilling out, bickering children, laughter, cuddles, international calls, tears, gardening and many other things that are small [...]

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Cow love

June 10, 2009

I never knew how affectionate cows were until we moved here. It makes it a little harder to enjoy a steak when I see moments like this on a regular basis. Our parent-teacher meeting was last night. Last week, I had it mixed up thinking it was Thursday but that was Vilay’s birthday.  :) It [...]

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Tramelan, Switzerland

June 6, 2009

After breakfast on Monday we went to Tramelan to buy some bread for Tuesday morning. Monday was Pentecost so everything in our village was closed. Tramelan has a store at the train station that is open even on holidays. It is a good thing. We decided to take a walk around Tramelan instead of rushing [...]

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Budding photographer

June 5, 2009

The other day, I was clearing off a memory card from my old camera so I could use it in the Nikon. I had a good laugh because it was full of photos that my six year old had taken. Most of the photos were of Emmie Cat.  There are several of her posing with [...]

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Meet Les Hérissons

June 4, 2009

My two youngest girls brought home these adorable hedgehogs from their school. We have decided to allow Les Hérissons (The Hedgehogs) to stay since they don’t eat much or require much cleaning up after. I have no idea what herb or plant the hedgehogs are made from.  The girls told me that their teacher said [...]

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The hard life

June 3, 2009

Today, Vilay didn’t go into work. He had to have a bad tooth pulled. Luckily, it was a wisdom tooth. Dinner was yummy. We grilled out sausages and I made lentil soup. It has been over two years since I made lentil soup. I used to make it all the time but for some reason [...]

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