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The Swiss Family Carlson Grandparents Visit Basel
One of the hardest things about being in Basel is being so far away from family during the holidays. But for this Christmas my parents came to visit! This wasn’t my folks’ first trip to Europe. My Mom’s first trip overseas was to go with me to Paris, France about 14 years ago. I had…
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Colmar Winter Market (The Swiss Family Carlson visit France!)
When we announced that we would be moving to Basel one of Mark’s co-workers sent us an email begging us to go to Colmar, France while we lived here. He said it was a charming city with a huge Olde Towne area. They loved it so much his family visited it at least 6 times…
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Holiday Giving
When I was growing up our church had a Christmas Need Tree. It was a basic Christmas tree with little paper ornaments all over it. Each ornament had a request for a gift or two from a family or person who couldn’t afford Christmas gifts that year. My Mom always had my brother and I…
Mindy Carlson 