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non, non et non!

April 17, 2009

…To all bugs who think about coming in my apartment!!! My husband wrote on his blog that I was chasing bed bugs.  In fact, it is fleas that I am chasing.  There was a dark moment I was terrified it could be bed bugs but that was my overactive imagination.  My mother told me about [...]

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The Avenue: Swiss Web tv

April 29, 2008

Very nice website. TheAvenue.tv – The Swiss Lifestyle Channel is dedicated to lifestyle, culture and events in Switzerland’s largest cities.

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Confession of an expat

April 21, 2008

I have just realized that each time I feel isolated here in the Jura it is because of something going on with my neighbors. In the States, I would have simply thought I have bad neighbors. However, since I am an expat in a new country it is too easy to in a sense blame [...]

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Socializing in Switzerland

April 19, 2008

I have done some research online about socializing in Switzerland since my last post describing how I continuously stick my foot in my mouth while socializing in our village. My biggest mistake: Here in Switzerland you do not talk about personal subjects where as in the States we are fairly open with people. Once or [...]

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American culture that warms my expat heart

March 13, 2008

I am not going mad. It is 1:30 p.m. in the French speaking part of Switzerland. My children are watching Cartoon Network France. Tom and Jerry to be exact. In English. Just like my brother and I did as little kids. It must be some sort of conspiracy to teach little French speaking kids English. [...]

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Get the lead out of your feet people!

June 22, 2006

La fête de la musique has come and gone. We went for a couple of hours walking and sometimes stopping to watch an interesting performance. Once the streets starting to get crowded we headed home. Last year, we learned a lesson about packed streets and strollers not to mention small children in tow. It is [...]

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