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The Swiss Family Carlson goes to Dublin! (part 1)
Right on the heels of Fasnacht we flew off to Dublin, Ireland! I have been so excited about this trip. I was last there in 1997 with Shaun! (who else?) We had seen the sights, gone to expensive estates, had High Tea, and eaten some steamer mussels that gave me and Uncle Bobby food poisoning.…
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H’s Favorite Beer
There are very few times I take the kids to the grocery store. Alone it’s a vacation into culinary possibilities. With the kids it’s like managing a forest full of cats. But when I do H asks me to buy this Quöllfrisch beer. It’s because he likes to do this… We are totally ready for…
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FASNACHT!!!
There is a wonderful festival that I have been looking forward to since we moved here. Because it’s unlike anything that I have every experienced before. It is Fasnacht! Fasnacht is sort of like Rio’s Carnival, but with more clothing and colder weather. And like Rio’s Carnival, the Swiss Fasnacht is supposed to happen in…
Mindy Carlson 