Category: The Swiss Family Carlson
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A Walk in the Forest
I joined some of the parents at the school for a 12 km hike around the country side of the town of Aesch just south of Basel. It has been a looong time since I’ve hiked that far at that pace, but it was so much fun! I met some people and, I think, made…
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Missing my Oven
I am loving Basel. I love going into my local bakeries and shops and getting tarts and croissants and fresh bread everyday. It’s inspiring. As you may recall we are still in our temporary apartment at ZumZoo. You may also recall me mentioning that the kitchen is a bit … well … limited. You…
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Noticings
— Basel is very clean. It’s because they employ actual people to keep the city clean. They have a neat vacuum device to suck up trash and cigarette butts and they run small street sweepers around the neighborhoods on a rotation. We have a sweeper that goes by our place 2 or 3 days per…
Mindy Carlson 