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Back in the School Groove
Well, we’ve been back in school for about 4 weeks now and it’s all seeming very familiar. We get up, get dressed, have breakfast, and get out the door to make our tram. School has been reported as “fun,” “mostly fun,” and “pretty good.” The teachers have been labeled as “nice.” E has even gone…
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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…
Mindy Carlson 