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Life in France
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05.21.08In and around Montfaucon, SwitzerlandMontfaucon is a municipality located in the Jura of Switzerland. Sunday, we took a four hour walk in and around this picturesque area. Click here for Google map. Link to Montfaucon's community website. We started at the trainstation in Pré Petitjean crossing Montfaucon to Les Enfers. We made our way through the village and across some of the countryside surrounding Les Enfers before returning to explore Montfaucon. Later, we headed back to the trainstation in Pré Petitjean to take the train home. Click to view larger. This is the view I saw as I got off the train before our walk. Click on ...
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09.22.07There is light at the end of the tunnelSurfing the internet while waiting on my husband to get ready for the village festival. Sorry, I have been neglecting my blog, e-mail and I even missed a day of 365 on flickr. I have been adjusting to a new life schedule. Since, I can't find someone to watch my three children while I go to work I have started caring for a child so that his mother can go to work. She couldn't find anyone to watch her son and asked me if I knew of anyone in the village. I told her that I had the same problem. ...
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05.25.07MovingTomorrow. We are heading for the border bright and early Saturday with a truck full of our personal possessions. You will not be surprised if you have been reading this blog that most of said possessions are actually kid related. Vilay is a nervous wreck about all the paperwork needed for the French and Swiss customs. I can't wait until we are in our apartment and life can be a little less adventurous. I like adventure but this past year has been a bit much. I will be back as soon as we have internet up and running. I ...
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05.24.07Moving choresWe have been running around like crazy trying to get everything in order. Lucky for us, Vilay's company handles all the paperwork for the permits. After we move I will write a nice post about how we researched all the financial angles of living in Switzerland. Basically, we didn't have a choice but to live in Switzerland due to not having a car and the fact that if we rented in France it would have been too expensive. In France, we would have had to put up two months of rent for deposit and buy a new fridge ...
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05.23.07Switzerland - here we come!We are moving to the canton of Jura in Switzerland this weekend. I didn't want to say to much about what was going on because I wasn't sure how it would all work out. I didn't want to talk about something that may not have even happened. Now, I can talk about it because it is happening and it is happening fast. Vilay got a job in Switzerland. We don't have a car. So, we are going to live in the village where he is working until we get ourselves all worked out financially and can afford ...
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05.14.07No limitsPicture taken in front of Place des Halles in Strasbourg, France. We have many exciting things going on and rather big decisions to make in regard to our immediate future. When it is all set and done I will post about it. SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "No limits", url: "http://myfrenchwindow.com/no-limits/" });
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05.13.07French levelIt hasn't been easy living in France. From the beginning I had trouble learning the language. I was and am not able to pay to go to the university as some of you other expats have had the luck of doing. Once we were on our feet enough that we could afford to put the kids in daycare for a few hours a week, Vilay and I felt that my level in French (although not perfect) was too high for OMI. OMI is a foundation but by no means will get someone at a high level of French. When we came to ...
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05.11.07Colmar, FranceThe Statue of Liberty was built by Bartholdi who was born in Colmar, France. He used his mother as a model for the face. There is a round about in Colmar that has a miniature Statue of Liberty. If we can ever find an apartment in the Doubs we will be moved before this July. I will be working my first job in France and Vilay will be working and getting ready to start school. Our lives will be back on track again. However, I will secretly miss not being able to drive to see this miniature version of 'the ...
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05.07.07Bill Maher - “Hillary equals France”I am coming out of my hibernation for this one post because I wanted to share this article written by Bill Maher (who is extremely opinionated) with all of you here just in case you didn't find it somewhere else. I found this article on Danielle's blog and loved it! Bill Maher - "Hillary equals France" As ususal, Bill is witty and to the point. He is honest about what Americans need to talk about and think about when the next election for the U.S. presidency rolls around. It is time that Americans became politically active and intelligent. More truthfully, it is past the time and we need to get with ...
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04.24.07Neuchâtel, SwitzerlandI thought this billboard ad was very original. The translation for the slogan on the ad is: There is a clean solution for all types of batteries. Everyone was out enjoying the sun and walking along the lake. The lake had many boats and birds on it. It was very picturesque. The Alps could be seen in the back. The girls went with Papa on a fun ride. Boy Blue screamed until he got a turn. He adores cars!!! There were solar panels along the highway. I love that! We saw many castles during our drive along the ...
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