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Altdorf, Switzerland and William Tell

August 3, 2009

This past weekend was a sort of Swiss history and culture pilgrimage for our family. It has, also, been a kind of awakening for me. I am starting to understand what it really means to be Swiss. I am beginning to get what Switzerland is all about underneath the surface of chocolate and gold bars. [...]

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Bonnie Blue bonnet

July 2, 2008

Living out of the States, I take every opportunity I can to teach my children about their American heritage. So, this past May when I came across Grandma’s Girl on Etsy I couldn’t pass up buying my two youngest girls bonnets. The bonnets arrived and as the girls were trying them on ironically an advertisement [...]

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Bulle, Switzerland

June 6, 2008

We went to Bulle in La Gruyère region on Sunday. We walked around Bulle for a couple hours before we decided we had time to sneak in a visit to Charmey. Bulle is a beautiful and well preserved city. Some of Bulle’s main attractions (according to one of my favorite websites MySwitzerland.com) are: Gruyère Museum [...]

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