Blogs from Geneva, South-West, Switzerland, Europe - page 9

Saturday we had a good day. We went to a Christmas market that was happening in a nearby town called Russin. There were a lot of trinkets to buy of course. Avery tried some hot wine and liked it. We tried roasted chestnuts, but weren't too fond of them. We did end up buying some local meat. We are going to try our first Swiss sausage sometime this week. That was about all of the excitement from this week. I don't even have any pictures to share! Other than that, I was as sick as a dog Wednesday, and Thursday last week. Of course, me being the bone head that I am, still go into to work. I had the shakes, I had a fever, I was light-headed, my nose was running and to top it ... read more

Well, time seems to continue marching along. I can't believe how fast it is going. Next week report cards go home and I start doing parent/teacher interviews. Over the weekend, we made a great discovery. We found a swimming pool/water park that was kid friendly. The other pools that we have been to in Switzerland and France have been strictly pools for swimming. No fun and games for the little ones. So, Saturday, we went to Vitam Parc where there were tons of things for Isabelle and Myles to do. The only problem, we kind of got lost getting there. The upside of that is that Myles fell asleep, so he was able to have a long nap because we were a bit lost. I forgot to mention last time that Myles has been saying, "Oh, ... read more

Well, it has been a long time since I updated my blog, but Avery and I had the chance to go to Paris for the week - without the kids. My parents stayed at the apartment and watched the kids for the week. It was great to go on a holiday, just the two of us. You will understand the title of the blog shortly. We arrived in Paris around 6 pm Saturday, October 22. We were able to find a small apartment for the week. I mean small. But it was a nice and cozy place. Anyways, in our apartment, we had pink toilet paper, there was no shower curtain, we found a moldy coffee filter and walking around Saturday evening, we quickly discovered why Paris is called the City of Love. The were people ... read more

I wrote the title for this blog because this is one of the lines that one of my colleagues says to me fairly frequently. Well, I guess that my hiding in Geneva is over. We all had to go the cantonal office of Geneva last Wednesday because we all needed resident cards. They finally figured out that I was in the country. Anyways, all foreigners need these resident cards. We got there when it opened at 7:30 am and went through the paperwork and got our pictures taken all pretty flawlessly. After this, I went to my school to get some work done. Olivier, the other half of the masculine team at our school, asked me how the morning went at the cantonal office. I told him that it was fine, except that the price was ... read more

Well my mom flew into Geneva yesterday. It was good to see her. And most importantly, she was able to bring Isabelle her Dora sunglasses. Isabelle has been waiting patiently for her special sunglasses. The sunglasses were not the only things that mom brought. It almost felt like Christmas. She also brought some Aunt Jemima syrup, some Kraft Peanut Butter, a new blade for my hockey stick, some toothpaste for the kids and a huge bag of chocolate chips, among other things. Why the chocolate chips you ask? Well, if you want to make chocolate chip cookies here, the only packages that you can buy are used up for one batch of cookies. Not many people bake here. Anyways, another thing that mom brought was some contacts that I had shipped to my parents house. Mom ... read more