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Back to school

August 18, 2010

My son loves everything about his school.
My first grade daughter doesn’t even want to eat lunch before she does her homework.
My second grader is acting out and being mostly unbearable since school started. Every year, we go through this. In a week, she will be less nervous about starting a new grade and [...]

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Vacationing in Strasbourg, France

August 11, 2010

…Is just what I needed.
We have been relaxing.
Taking long walks in all the places we know and love.
We took the kids to Parc de L’Orangerie in Strasbourg. Our children were all able to play in the the big kids park for the first time instead of the little kids park.  They, also, rode the [...]

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Creux du Van walking trail near Ferme Robert

July 25, 2010

We took off one day to Creux du Van located in the Jura mountains (Canton of Neuchâtel in the Val-de-Travers). We left the car in the parking lot at the Ferme Robert and started walking on a trail that went up on a slight incline. It was slight but after about ten minutes [...]

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The rest of my Sion photos

July 18, 2010

Château de Valère (Valère castle), also known as Notre-Dame-de-Valère, is a fortified church in Sion that offers fabulous views of the city and Château de Tourbillon (Tourbillon castle). It, also, holds the oldest working organ in the world dating back to the 14th century.

Château de Tourbillon (Tourbillon castle) sitting on the hill in the [...]

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Sion, Switzerland in photos

July 15, 2010

We took a day trip to Sion. Even if we ended up getting soaked in the rain, it was so worth it.
Beautiful city with very friendly people.
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I have more photos of the city than I can’t fit into one post. So, I hope to get the rest up tomorrow.
Today is my laundry day. [...]

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