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  • About Me
  • Blog
    • Parenting
      • Jump! Parents
      • Bilingualism
      • Dogs
    • Review
      • Stationery
    • Food
    • Feminism
    • Expat
      • Germany
      • Switzerland
        • Geneva
        • Photography
        • France
    • Scotland
    • Writing
      • Blogging
        • Charities & Campaigns
        • Kenya
        • Mumsnet
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  • Switzerland

    Smoking In Switzerland

    / September 23, 2011

    Can you guess from which age a child can legally purchase cigarettes in Geneva? 15 years? 18 years? Perhaps even older? I bet not many of you would have guessed that a child…

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    The Swiss Apartment Rules

    / July 2, 2011

    Did you know that the Swiss have rules that restrict many activities that most of us would find totally normal? The Swiss apartment rules are particularly strict, so we’ve always been thankful that we live…

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  • Geneva,  Switzerland

    Filets de Pêrches

    / May 30, 2011

    If you go into a restaurant in Geneva area then there is a good chance that one of the dishes on the menu will be Filets de Pêrches – fillet of perch. After…

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    Spring Alpine Pass Tour

    / May 15, 2011

    One of the great things about living in Geneva is the short distance to the Alps. Even before we bought our 1973 MGB Roadster last year, we loved driving the windy Alpine pass…

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  • Geneva,  Switzerland

    Schools in Geneva

    / May 14, 2011

    One of the most important issues when expats move to a new country is schooling. You can out up with a less than stunning kitchen (and you often have to here) or a…

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    Ingredients for Baking in Switzerland – Where to buy Baking Powder, Soda etc

    / March 30, 2011

    When we moved to Geneva, one of the things that I found most difficult was finding ingredients for baking in Switzerland. I was used to the issues with baking powder and baking soda,…

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  • Switzerland

    Féte de Bonhomme Neige

    / March 22, 2011

    Tonight we went to the Féte de Bonhomme Neige – the Snowman Festival – with ritual burning of the snowman to mark the end of winter. Not that there was much of a…

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  • Geneva,  Switzerland

    Visiting Geneva With Children – City Walk

    / March 19, 2011

    One of the things that we noticed when we moved to Geneva is that the Swiss are very child-friendly. It is a great place to raise a family. Children are a part of…

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    My Atomic Bunker

    / March 15, 2011

    Not long ago I wrote a light-hearted post about our Nuclear Bunker. Who would have thought that not even 4 months later, I would be envied for my bunker. And not in a joking…

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    Chateaux Chillon

    / February 27, 2011

    The Chateaux de Chillon, near Montreaux is, according to their website, the most visited historical monument in Switzerland. The weather was sadly not great today, cloudy and overcast so the pictures are not as…

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    As Swiss as Chocolate and Mountains – The Swiss Nuclear Bunkers

    / January 28, 2011

      Want to come into my cellar and see my nuclear bunker? That’s quite some chat-up line, right? Not so much here, since the Swiss nuclear bunker is just a part of life…

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    The Swiss School Run

    / January 18, 2011

    That when we were young, almost everyone walked to school. I can’t remember any school friend being driven to school, even one friend who lived quite far away walked. Today, when doing the…

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    Montreux Christmas Market – Merry Christmas Freddie Mercury

    / December 22, 2010

    We headed to Montreux today to take my parents to the train. They were traveling with the Goldenpass Express to Gstaad then onwards to Bern. The children and I took the opportunity to…

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    The Swiss Vote

    / November 28, 2010

    The Swiss have a unique voting system called direct (or half direct) democracy. This means that basically any Swiss citizen can propose a change to a law. Around four times a year votes…

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    Classic Cars, Lake Geneva and Sunshine

    / October 16, 2010

    A pretty good combination, if you ask me. A couple of weeks ago we went to the Morges British Classic Car Meeting. It is an annual event, attracting over 1500 cars and motorbike…

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    The Swiss and Their Tunnels – Gotthard Breakthrough

    / October 15, 2010

    The Swiss are famous for many things, chocolate and watches, banks and tunnels. Tunnels? Well, yes. Switzerland has over 40 road tunnels over 2km length, with 11 more tunnels either planned or already…

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    Rebirth of a Village – Gondo 10 years after the catastrophe

    / October 14, 2010

    It has been ten years since the landslide in Gondo, that cost 13 villagers their lives, and destroyed a third of the Alpine village. Gondo is a small town, close to the Simplon…

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    Why I should never leave the house without my camera.

    / October 11, 2010

    For the simple reason that I live in a part of the world that even nipping to the supermarket can bring me past a panorama such as this one.

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    What does a ski resort look like in the summer?

    / October 11, 2010

    The summer months are long for a ski resort, and many of them are ghost towns at the moment. Particularly in the months directly before and after the ski season, there is nothing…

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    Vineyards in Autumn

    / September 29, 2010

    I have been experimenting recently with the settings on my camera. Until now I have let the camera do the work for me but wanted to teach myself how to use the manual…

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    MmeOiseau comes for tea

    / June 5, 2010

    What an adventure I had on Thursday! After the school run I returned home to the sound of a bird squawking in distress. It was so loud that I thought that somehow our…

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  • Switzerland

    Saint de glace – or why it is is cold today

    / May 4, 2010

    At the school gate today, I complained to one of the locals about the cold weather we are injuring at the moment. After several weeks of balmy Spring days it was quite a…

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  • Geneva,  Switzerland

    Avec la bise, lave ta chemise – it is washing day

    / March 8, 2010

    I don’t think that I have blogged about La Bise, the bitingly cold Northwind that whistles down Lake Geneva from the Alps. Probably because if La Bise is blowing, my fingers are too…

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    Swiss Sirens

    / February 3, 2010

    Am currently sitting by the lake watching DS and his friend play while their sisters are at football practice. I was feeling smug as I felt the gentle rays of the sun on…

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    The Swiss and their Dogs

    / January 18, 2010

    This is a picture of Daphne and her sister, Holly. They are from two different litters, born a year apart and are quite different in temperament. Daphne is more outgoing and friendly while…

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    Lausanne and Morges

    / January 2, 2010

    Lausanne is an interesting city, the old town is perched on the top of several hills, there are bridges and walkways connecting the different areas of the city. It is slightly confusing at…

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  • Switzerland

    Santa Claus House – Le hameau du Père Noel

    / December 16, 2009

    Today we headed over to France to Santa Claus’s house, Le hameau du Père Noel after a tip from a friend. It was well worth the trip, a truly magical house filled to…

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  • Switzerland

    Morning in Switzerland

    / December 14, 2009

    Sometimes I open the shutters in the morning and the first thing I do (after shouting OH MY GOD, LOOK AT THAT) is grab my camera. This was one of those mornings.

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  • Switzerland

    Escalade Celebrations

    / December 13, 2009

    This was taken down in the village, early evening. I love the colours in this picture. We were down at the Salle Communale for the village celebrations of the Escalade. The football club…

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  • Switzerland

    Autumn in Switzerland

    / December 4, 2009

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