ReminSwissing
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 […]
Tag Archives: family travel
In Vitra… then Bored to the Beaune
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 […]
Hatches’ Landing(s)
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’ […]
Ljub-ly Slovenia and more
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 […]
Puttin’ On The Fritz
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 […]
An Ernest Perspective
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. […]
How Swede It Is
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 […]
Springtime in… oui, c’est Paris
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 […]
(Amster)Dam Awesome!
(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 […]
ITALY PART II. On Top of Spaghetti
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 – […]
