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playground reloaded
Although the weather has finally cooled down a bit which almost feels like being reborn again (haha, I am starting birth metaphors), I don’t seem to find the time to write proper blog posts. There are many things to write … Continue reading
Ascension Day or trip to Kyburg
While the second Sunday in May is usually celebrated as Mothers Day, Ascension is normally celebrated as Fathers Day (at least in Germany). Unfortunately, the first association with Fathers Day n Germany is probably the one of drunken guys pulling … Continue reading
swiss technicians
A few weeks ago, our fridge broke. No matter what we did, we always had a thick layer of ice on the walls and half of our food was freezing. When the repairman came, the problem was diagnosed as irreparable. … Continue reading
you know you are in Switzerland when…
…you go for a walk and suddenly meet an old guy playing alphorn in the middle of the forest.
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Tagged Alphorn, Switzerland
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day off with Gaugin
After having had a rather stressful week in Germany, I had a day off today and went to Basel (or Riehen, to be precise) to visit the current Gaugin exhibition at the Beyeler Foundation. Since it takes a bit more … Continue reading
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Tagged art museum, Basel, Fondation Beyeler, Gaugin, Peter Doig
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Fahr Abbey
Somehow, this winter is taking far too long for my taste. Although I am usually more a person that prefers travelling north instead of south, I really don’t like this time of transition between winter and spring. We are therefore … Continue reading
happy friendship day
Like last year we are still no big friends of Valentines Day….following up on the Finnish tradition on the 14th of February we do, however, wish all of our friends a Happy Friendship Day!! It is great to have you … Continue reading
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Tagged Friendship Day, lake, lake Zurich, spring, sun, Valentines, Zürich
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our love-hate relationship
Yes! We are back! Back online! When we woke up on Saturday morning, we suddenly discovered that our internet connection was broken. And while we always enjoy a holiday without internet or cell phone connection (back to the good old … Continue reading
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Tagged glass fiber, internet, love-hate relationship, Switzerland
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what we’ve been doing today…
Finally, a little bit of proper winter… This could almost be a family picture….the snowman is pretty much as small and round tall as I am 🙂
penguin parade
Tuesday was one of the rare sunny days during these weeks. Beautiful weather, a free day for Karsten, my mother visiting us and no school holidays – perfect conditions for another day at the zoo. During wintertime, the zoo in … Continue reading
familial entropy 