People are people the world over
Yesterday, we went to a meeting between my youngest daughter’s teachers and her future classmates. I don’t know why but I felt more comfortable than I have ever felt around the teachers. My five year old is already in their classroom and her sister will join her in the same class this fall.
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I stopped this morning to talk to two older neighbors who started a conversation with me about the weather. It wasn’t long before one of the men took the opportunity to tell me that I should speak French with my children and not English. His reasoning is that because my children are French [...]
My four year old daughter received a letter in the mail from her teachers explaining that she will start the école enfantine this coming August. She is invited to meet her future classmates, their families and teachers in a week. She held the letter close to her body with the biggest smile on [...]
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In January, Vilay and I purchased two demi-tarif (Half-fare) cards for the Swiss train lines. Each time we buy a train, bus or boat ticket we only pay half the price with our cards. It is also good for discounts on other things like the funicular lines, car rentals [...]
When I stretched my arms this morning and then rubbed my eyes open, I couldn’t believe what I was seeing.
Sun!
Today, for the first time in days, we have sun.
Many of the children in my five year old daughter’s classroom have chicken pox which is kinda a downer to the sunny weather. The teachers let [...]
During our walk with Sissi and her children, I told her how much I love the wild flowers here in Switzerland.
You can read Sissi’s post about our get together here. Even if you can’t read French her pictures are lovely. You don’t want to miss them.
Below are some photos of wild flowers found [...]
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Yesterday, Sissi gave me a call and said she would be in my area and perhaps she could stop by. We were getting ready to walk out the door to take my five year old daughter to play at a classmate’s house. I had trouble hearing her due to [...]
Two days ago, we had a huge storm. It had threatened to rain all day. Around dinner time the hail started without much warning. Luckily, I had taken down my laundry from the lines outside only an hour before.
We found out the next day that six cows were killed by lightning in [...]
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