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La Chaux-de-Fonds

Time to catch up

August 27, 2010

Yesterday was hot, hot, hot outside. Today is a cold rainy day. My girls have started taking Italian at school through a special program. This is normally for students that have Italian origins. Since Italian is an official language of Switzerland the program is open to all students. They love it!  Yesterday was a party [...]

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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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La Chaux-de-fonds under the rain

May 14, 2010

The rest of the photos from our Sunday walk in the rain around La Chaux-de-fonds.

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One rainy day in La Chaux-de-fonds

May 11, 2010

Last year, La Chaux-de-fonds and Le Locle received recognition from UNESCO for outstanding universal value.  These two cities that almost touch one another were built completely around and for watchmaking. The Musée International d’Horloger is located in La Chaux-de-fonds.  We still haven’t visited this museum dedicated to horology. I can’t for the life of me [...]

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Rainy day walking in La Chaux-de-fonds

May 9, 2010

We got out of the apartment today to walk. In the rain. We went to Saignelegier and afterwards decided to go to La Chaux-de-fonds. I love the Carte journalière “Régio CJ”.  With this card we can travel all over our region (using the train and bus) for an entire day. Most regions offer this type [...]

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Views from the Espacité tower in La Chaux-de-fonds

March 7, 2009

We went to La Chaux-de-fonds to buy ink for our printer and sunglasses all of us. The sun is very strong when it reflects off the snow. It is almost unbearable. Over the last year, each one of us has either lost or broken our old sunglasses and we couldn’t go one more weekend without [...]

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La Chaux-de-Fonds under snow

November 23, 2008

Photos that Vilay and I took yesterday while we were in La Chaux-de-Fonds shopping for my new boots.  There was so much snow! ********** I will announce the winner of the giveaway tomorrow.  You still have time to enter if you want! **********

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Images that made me happy this weekend

October 10, 2007

House that Jean-Jacques Rousseau visited in La Ferrière. La Chaux-de-Fonds La Chaux-de-Fonds Taken at the La Chaux-de-Fonds train station. I told the girls a witch left her broom at the door. They didn’t fall for it. Vilay said that the door looked like a face and the broom was it’s mouth. I think he’s right.

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