A close-up and personal look at Switzerland
One summer, before we got our first dog, Ben and I decided to vacation in Scandinavia. We decided on Scandinavia because you can’t take dogs there and we wanted to see the midnight sun. All our travelling was by train with… Read moreLow Budget Lodgings and How to Save Money
Sometime in everyone’s life you need or would appreciate a bit of luck, that is universal. Some of the luck-getting traditions are similar some different. Like when we moved into our new home a friend brought us a gift of… Read moreLucky all around – wish me Luck
Let me tell you about my Christmas’ before I moved to Switzerland and my first Swiss Christmas. Christmas time is a wonderful, magical, family time. Lights sparkle outside while cooking smells from inside the house multiply. It’s when you hope… Read moreMy First Swiss Christmas
Here is the “N” installment of my abc collection. I choose about three words and write something regarding them trying to relate them to Switzerland or the Swiss or my life in Switzerland. This week’s words start with “n”. “N”… Read moreCollection abc – N is for Nature, Nostalgia and New Year
Swiss German and German are very visual languages. Often times it is easy to understand a word even if you have never heard it before. Other times you just have to figure out what in the world that person just… Read moreSay what? German Translated
Here is the “M” installment of my abc collection. I choose about three words and write something regarding them trying to relate them to Switzerland or the Swiss or my life in Switzerland. This week’s words start with “M”. “M”… Read moreCollection abc – M is for Money, Mantra and Münster
English is everywhere. It’s on signs, advertising, names of stores and in the spoken language, too. But English isn’t always really English. Sometimes more like Germish or maybe we have just moved to the next level, into English 2.0. I… Read moreSpeaking English 2.0
Here is the “L” installment of my abc collection. I choose about three words and write something regarding them trying to relate them to Switzerland or the Swiss or my life in Switzerland. This week’s words start with “L”. “L”… Read moreCollection abc – L is for Laughter, Life and Listening
An American friend of mine called it that. She said “I have a ‘Go Anywhere’ and it’s great, I love it!” What in the world is a Go Anywhere? Oh, a GA or “Generalabonnement” in German. That’s where you pay… Read moreThe Go Anywhere
You can take the American out of America but you can’t take America out of the American. There are some things, like Thanksgiving, that have to be celebrated. So I do. The First Thanksgiving Just a quick review here. The… Read moreHappy Thanksgiving in Switzerland
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