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: sabbatical
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. […]
(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 […]
Moitié-Moitié
Moitié-Moitié. Half-half. Normally, that refers to THE standard for fondue: half Gruyère cheese and half Vacherin Fribourgeois cheese [side note: these are protected names (“AOP” or “appellation d’origine protégée”), so […]
ProTips: Kindle optimization
I was a reluctant adopter of the Kindle – I love me a paper book. PapaHatch and I still get the paper version of the New York Times at home […]
New Road, New Town, New Life
New Road, New Town, New Life. It would sound cliché if I made it up, but our apartment actually IS on Route-Neuve (New Road) in a part of Fribourg called […]
“Fun” Stress
One month until we depart for Europe. We are excited! Even the kids seem to be getting more excited than nervous. I think Ernest (9 yrs old) is in for […]
Bureaucratie/Bürokratie
This is just not as fun as planning out what cool castle to visit. We THINK we finally understand which visa we are supposed to apply for and how – […]
Introduction: Sabbatical in Fribourg, Switzerland, 2015-2016
Blogs. They can be awesome, obnoxious, boring… I anticipate this one will be will be all three. I am doing it for the following reasons: 1. I don’t want to be […]
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