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Living in a Swiss village with kids

May 9, 2008

My kids love their life in our Swiss village. I don’t worry about them being outside by themselves. An hour will pass without my seeing them from the apartment windows but I know they are safe. It is liberating. When I was a kid it was the same. My brother and I played outdoors for [...]

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My morning walk

May 8, 2008

We are taking our daily walks as we did last summer and fall. The kids and I make a big tour of our village and then head home for lunch. Here are this years first leaves on a tree I enjoy sitting under near our building. This is the view we see from our windows [...]

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A post about a day out of my life that turns into a rant

May 6, 2008

We had a big sun yesterday. Yesterday was my laundry day. I hung clothes outside for the first time this year. Even the jeans were dry in a little over an hour. All of this meant that I finished all my laundry before five pm. Everything was folded and put away since I gave up [...]

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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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Morning light

April 9, 2008

The sky was impressive this morning. This is my view from my bedroom window. In the photo above, you can see one of the large birds that fly over our village.

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Tour around our village

September 25, 2007

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Oberschaeffolsheim

July 19, 2006

Oberschaeffolsheim is a village that we like to visit every so often. There are fields surrounding the village as well as the canal which is the home to many birds. Our children adore the horses that you can often see being trained as in the picture above. The children have even had the great pleasure [...]

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Eguisheim, one of the most beautiful villages in all of France

May 16, 2006

Eguisheim is a village that is a “must see” if you are visiting Alsace. Each time that I find myself walking in the streets of this city, I feel the strength of history. With medieval half-timbered houses covered in flowers lining narrow cobblestone roads, it is easy to forget what year it is. I recently [...]

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