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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
    • More Cowbell*
    • 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
    • Express Marrakech
  • Road Trips
    • 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 💜
  • Art
  • Ski
  • Unique Experiences
  • Resources
    • MamaHatch’s Favorite Travel Planning Resources
    • ProTips: Kindle optimization

Tag Archives: sabbatical

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

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

(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

Moitié-Moitié

February 15, 2016by Inspire World Travel Leave a comment

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 […]

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Switzerland, Unique Experiences

ProTips: Kindle optimization

October 12, 2015by Inspire World Travel 1 Comment

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 […]

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Resources, Travel Planning

New Road, New Town, New Life

September 7, 2015by Inspire World Travel 6 Comments

 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 […]

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Background, Switzerland, Travel Planning

“Fun” Stress

July 6, 2015by Inspire World Travel 1 Comment

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 […]

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Background, Travel Planning

Bureaucratie/Bürokratie

April 14, 2015by Inspire World Travel Leave a comment

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 – […]

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Background, Resources, Travel Planning

Introduction: Sabbatical in Fribourg, Switzerland, 2015-2016

March 31, 2015by Inspire World Travel 3 Comments

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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Background, Switzerland

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