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Twizy?
From time to time, more often than you would think, we’ve seen this weird looking car-like thing driving around the streets of Basel. It is made by Renault and it’s called Twizy, which sound like a good name for a cat. It’s a totally electric car and was the best selling plug-in car in Europe…
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The Swiss Family Carlson goes to Dijon!!
As the States have been whittling away at different “day off” holidays, Switzerland has been staunchly celebrating them. Easter is just such a holiday and, accordingly, Mark had Good Friday and Easter Monday off. The boys are on spring break right now as well and with two free days off bracketing a weekend we decided…
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Oh Sh*t. When Our Kids Start Learning “Those” Words.
We have hit new chapter in child-rearing. E is 9. When you are 9 and go to school on a bus or tram you find yourself surrounded by full-fledged teenagers. And those teenagers tend to let some curse words fly. It makes me cringe every time I hear a high schooler drop some “colorful metaphors”…
Mindy Carlson 