Tag: The Swiss Family Carlson
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A Robert Frost Moment
I was walking back from the ski gondola tonight and found this scene. And I immediately though about Robert Frost’s poem Stopping by a Woods on a Snowy Evening. Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening BY ROBERT FROST Whose woods these are I think I know. His house is in the village though;…
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I Must Be Out Of My Mind
I am in Kandersteg. Part of the Swiss Alps. And tomorrow I am going skiing. I have not been downhill skiing since the church youth trip to Afton Alps when I was 15. I was not particularly good at it and I spill down the hill losing both poles, both skies, my hat and a…
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In Switzerland Know your Metric System
A word to Americans, brush up on your Metric System before you come to Switzerland, or go anywhere in Europe. Things here, especially food, are sold using metric system measurements. Fruit is measured in grams. Beer is in deciliters on the menu. Just knowing the basics and some conversion formulas will help keep you out…
Mindy Carlson 