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The Swiss Family Carlson heads to Strasbourg
The next day we decided to fulfill another of Mom and Dad’s requests: a trip to Strasbourg, France. Strasbourg is in the Alsace region. It’s the region right on the border of France and Germany that has been traded back and forth during different wars and is currently with France. If the name of Strasbourg…
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Boating the Rhein and Birthdays
One of the more awesome (meaning both “excellent” and “some to be awed by”) things about living in Switzerland is that you can, on a whim, jump onto a train, go north an hour, and be in picturesque areas in either France or Germany. It takes slightly longer to get to Austria, Italy, the Czech…
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Lucy and Ethel take over the Chocolate Factory
As I mentioned last time, Mom had said that one thing she wanted to do was to go to a chocolate factory. Well, she had come to the right country! Switzerland does have the very best chocolate in the entire world. I am partial to Laderach chocolate and buy it for my whole family all…
Mindy Carlson 