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  • About the Hatches
    • Background
    • Puttin’ On The Fritz
    • An Ernest Perspective
    • ReminSwissing
  • Switzerland
    • Introduction: Sabbatical in Fribourg, Switzerland, 2015-2016
    • Au Revoir, USA!
    • Everyone Has Baggage
    • New Road, New Town, New Life
    • Fonduementals
    • State of Play
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    • Moitié-Moitié
    • What (zer)Matters Most
    • Puttin’ On The Fritz
    • An Ernest Perspective
    • ReminSwissing
  • Western Europe
    • Austria
      • Song, Suds, Salt & Soccer
    • France
      • Above Par(is)
      • In the heArt of Paris
      • Barbarians at the Gate
      • Raiders of Les Arcs
      • SPAIN, Part I: Basquing in Spring
      • SPAIN, Part II: Catalunar Landing
      • Springtime in… oui, c’est Paris
      • In Vitra… then Bored to the Beaune
      • In Lovender 💜
    • Germany
      • Song, Suds, Salt & Soccer
      • In Vitra… then Bored to the Beaune
    • Netherlands
      • (Amster)Dam Awesome!
    • United Kingdom
      • UK, PART I: Merry Potter! Christmas in England
      • UK, PART II: So Lochy! Hogmanay in Scotland
  • Central Europe
    • Croatia
      • Hatches’ Landing(s)
    • Slovenia
      • Ljub-ly Slovenia and more
  • Northern Europe
    • Iceland
      • Niceland
    • Sweden
      • How Swede It Is
  • Southern Europe
    • Italy
      • ITALY PART I: Linguini Franca
      • ITALY PART II. On Top of Spaghetti
    • Spain
      • SPAIN, Part I: Basquing in Spring
      • SPAIN, Part II: Catalunar Landing
  • Morocco
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    • ITALY PART I: Linguini Franca
    • ITALY PART II. On Top of Spaghetti
    • UK, PART I: Merry Potter! Christmas in England
    • SPAIN, Part I: Basquing in Spring
    • SPAIN, Part II: Catalunar Landing
    • Ljub-ly Slovenia and more
    • Hatches’ Landing(s)
    • Song, Suds, Salt & Soccer
    • In Vitra… then Bored to the Beaune
    • In Lovender 💜
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ReminSwissing

November 18, 2017by Inspire World Travel 3 Comments

Why has it taken me so long to write a retrospective about our amazing year in Switzerland and Europe? Maybe it’s just run-of-the-mill procrastination, but I suspect it’s more that […]

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Alps, Background, Switzerland

In Vitra… then Bored to the Beaune

January 22, 2017by Inspire World Travel 1 Comment

I am finally getting back to the blog! It’s been way too long, but better late than never… this piece covers our route from Munich to Bourgogne. With an all […]

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France, Germany, Road Trips, Western Europe

Hatches’ Landing(s)

August 27, 2016by Inspire World Travel 2 Comments

Croatia is a wonderland of waterfalls, ancient kingdoms with waterfront castles, scrubby landscape and the clearest sea water I’ve ever seen. It’s easy to see why many of Game of Thrones’ […]

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Central Europe, Croatia, Road Trips

Ljub-ly Slovenia and more

August 1, 2016by Inspire World Travel 2 Comments

Ljub-ley Slovenia and more. The last month of school for the boys really saw their French take off; I am really proud of them. Their last month of school consisted […]

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Alps, Central Europe, Germany, Road Trips, Slovenia, Unique Experiences

Puttin’ On The Fritz

July 6, 2016by Inspire World Travel 1 Comment

Guest blogger: Fritz, 12 years old. Here in Switzerland, all the kids in 6th grade have to take a test… and this year, that included me (!) This test is […]

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Switzerland

An Ernest Perspective

July 5, 2016by Inspire World Travel 1 Comment

Guest blogger: Ernst, 10 years old. When I first arrived in Switzerland, I thought: Hey, this isn’t so bad. Except, on the first day of school I was totally petrified. […]

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Switzerland

How Swede It Is

June 29, 2016by Inspire World Travel Leave a comment

Heyyyyyy, Stockholm! “Hej!” is the standard greeting in Swedish, which – it turns out – sounds like the American friendly and informal “hey!” we give friends we know well. This […]

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Northern Europe, Scandinavia, Stockholm, Sweden

Springtime in… oui, c’est Paris

May 20, 2016by Inspire World Travel Leave a comment

For the second of three long weekends in May on the boys’ school schedule, we decided to return to Paris. A city we all love, only three hours by train from Geneva […]

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Art, Food, France, Paris, Western Europe

(Amster)Dam Awesome!

May 10, 2016by Inspire World Travel 2 Comments

(Amster)Dam Awesome! We just returned from three pretty perfect days in Amsterdam, taking full advantage of the many long weekends on our kids’ May school calendar (thanks, Catholics!). So… Amsterdam. What […]

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Amsterdam, Art, Netherlands, Resources, Travel Planning, Unique Experiences, Western Europe

ITALY PART II. On Top of Spaghetti

November 2, 2015by Inspire World Travel 6 Comments

Leaving from Basel (due to the car window fiasco) rather than Fribourg allowed us to drive over a different and beautiful part of the Alps. (See here for ITALY PART I – […]

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Italy, Resources, Road Trips, Southern Europe, Travel Planning, Unique Experiences

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