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Junkerngasse


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

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School is the tops


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 [...]

Le Creux-des-Biches to Les Bois


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.

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Taste of summer


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 for [...]

Home in the Jura


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

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Swiss design


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Our bank gave each one of our children one of these crayon boxes with some crayons inside.
I love the design of the box!

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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 the way I feel about my life in our little village. Because of the contact I now have with two Franco-American families I am socially happier here in the Jura. [...]

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 change for gym to teach them to dress themselves. However, my girls have been dressing themselves since three! Matching is a whole other matter…
Last year, my five [...]

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 start to drizzle at the end of the walk but we didn’t mind much. We like the rain.
Below are snap shots of our walk along the outskirts of our village.

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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. Most of the stores in the city set up racks in front of their shop selling items for close to nothing.
We purchased sandals, a skirt and two shirts [...]