Posts Tagged ‘Switzerland’

I got my Swiss drivers license in the mail today.

One problem.
It is good only until June of next year. I am required to take 16 hours of instruction before I can get a permanent Swiss license with no expiration.  (edit:  read here to see how I fixed this issue and now have a Swiss [...]

In Switzerland, children are provided a free yellow, reflective traffic triangle that is worn to and from school. It is placed over clothing around the neck. Children are, also, given traffic training by a professional starting at age five which is the first year a child can go to school.
Sweet Bear was [...]

The first few times I went through our village grocery store, Coop, I wondered how we would do it. It didn’t seem that there were many choices. Sure we had all our basics. However, our Coop is about the same size if not smaller than most gas station convenience stores back [...]

Our family took it’s usually Sunday stroll, yesterday.
The weather was like spring. We had to take our coats off as we walked. The warmth of the sun thawed away our winter blues. I have loved winter here in the Jura but am ready for warmer weather.
I miss walking every day. With [...]

I took the photos below during the summer in Saignelégier (link is to city’s official website in English). I fell in love with these wooden shutters the moment I laid eyes on them.

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I just got back from checking the mail.
Inside the box was my third rejection letter out of the five applications for employment I have mailed off.
I understand that this is only the beginning. I started sending out applications only four weeks ago.
More applications will be sent out and more rejection letters will be come [...]

I have lived in the mountains of Kentucky. Granted the mountains weren’t as big as where we are in the Jura. But, we got snow. Lots of snow. Yet, I had never witnessed snow markers or snow fences (pictured above) being put up during winter.
The first time I saw a [...]

A photo of the the bread left over from breakfast.
The pain du Jura (bread from the canton of the Jura, Switzerland) is known for it’s slightly curved form. The outside of the bread is fine and crusty.
What I ate for breakfast was a slice of bread heaven.

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I like to read 20 minutes while waiting for the train. It makes time pass by faster. I was lucky that there were a few left from Friday since it is not published on the weekends.
20 minutes is a daily commuter newspaper. It is distributed in Switzerland, Spain and France with over [...]

And, what exactly do you do with it?

I bought a package of Tiki because it said on the package it was a Swiss tradition. I thought it would be fun to try out another Swiss product.
I opened the package and found these little guys.

This is what was inside.

As an American, it reminded me of [...]