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Swiss Cheese Making: The Why, What, Where and How
School is wrapping up here at DoDEA (Department of Defense Dependents Schools) and the main question for polite conversation has been “So, do you have any summer plans?” The looks and reactions I have...
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First Day as a Swiss Farmer
When I tell people I am from Nebraska, they just assume that I grew up on a farm. Little do they know that I actually come from a city with almost 1 million people (including the surrounding areas)....
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“If Heaven isn’t what it’s cracked up to be, send me back to Gimmelwald.”
It is easy to see why so many people consider Gimmelwald and surrounding Lauterbrunnen areas heaven on Earth. I often complain about my home-state of Nebraska. While I love Omaha, there just really...
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Settling Into my New Life in Bern, Switzerland
After hiking in the Alps for a few days, it was time to head to Bern, where I will be spending the next month working and living on an organic farm. Not knowing what I would be getting myself into, it...
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“The Best Part of Waking Up is…..Getting Pooped On?” No, that can’t be right.
When it is only 6:30am and you’ve already been pooped on by a cow, you really wonder what the rest of the day is going to bring. Luckily for me, that was about as eventful (and dirty) as it got for me...
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Geneva
If you had asked me three years ago if I would be living in Europe, I would have laughed. A year ago if you had asked if I would be working on a farm in Switzerland, I would have looked at you funny....
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Daily Life and Chores on the Farm
One of the things that I really enjoy about the farm is that each day is a little different. (Sure, it may be pulling weeds everyday….but it is in different fields at least!) But in all seriousness,...
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11 Picture Perfect European Towns You Haven’t Heard Of
What do you envision when you think of Europe? Chances are, you have visions of quaint, colorful little villages with cafes, flowers decorating windowsills and cobble-stoned streets. There are no...
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Gimmelwald: could this be heaven on Earth?
“If Heaven isn’t what it’s cracked up to be, send me back to Gimmelwald.” It’s an old folk saying, but whoever said it first just might be onto something. It is easy to see why so many people...
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Lauterbrunnen
Is it possible to fall in love with a location? For me, this has happened twice. I went to a certain place in the world, was completely enamored, couldn’t wait to get more of it and lusted after it...
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Grindelwald, Switerland: The top of Europe
With its cute little wooden homes with gorgeous flowers draping from the balconies as cows quietly roam under the looming peaks above, Grindelwald, Swizterland looks like it has been plucked straight...
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Swiss Cheese Making: The Why, What, Where and How
School is wrapping up here at DoDEA (Department of Defense Dependents Schools) and the main question for polite conversation has been “So, do you have any summer plans?” The looks and reactions I have...
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