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6 Months Left
It’s official. We only have 6 months left in Basel. Sad. That doesn’t quite cover it. Bereft is a better word. I didn’t think I would love it so much here or that Switzerland would seem more like a “home” than a “2-year vacation/experiment.” But I do love it here. I love the ease of…
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The Swiss Family Carlson find Stein-am-Rhein
You will find it, too, if you know where to look. It’s a tiny storybook town right before the Rhine River meets Lake Constance along the northern border where Switzerland meets Germany. Stein-am-Rhein, whose name literally means Stone on the Rhine, was founded sometime before the year 1000AD. It has one of the most preserved…
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A Berkeley Episode: The Landlord
I moved to Berkeley in 1997. For the first year, I lived in a sort of communal house in El Cerrito by the BART station. It was a 5 bedroom house painted a butter-white stucco with a one-car garage that the owner had finished out into a 6th bedroom. I lived in that 6th bedroom.…
Mindy Carlson 