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It’s been over a month now since our last post and so much has happened since. We’ve made a few trips: Greece, Italy, and France.  But fi...

Mental note, make sure the tram ticket is still valid… The latest item on my Swiss adventure list is the fine I received today. This is m...

To celebrate that we found our apartment, we decided to bike to Germany just for fun. Since our bikes are still in storage, we borrowed a...

We’ve been very busy looking for an apartment pretty much since we moved to Zürich. The search has not been easy since we had this long l...

A great day trip from Zurich, and also a popular destination among tourists, is the medieval town of Gruyères, located in Canton Fribourg...

Another festival we attended this weekend was the Cheese Festival in Gruyères. We decided to rent a car because driving is two hours fast...

One of the best ways to connect with a country’s culture and traditions is by going to it’s festivals. When we lived in Washington and Ca...

Although our intention what to visit Vaduz (Liechtenstein), we are glad we ended up hopping in the wrong train Which Took us all the way ...

Since Bern is the capital of Switzerland it had to be one of our first Swiss cities to visit. Did you know that the man who changed how w...

Time sure flies When you have fun and I could not agree more with this statement. April 27 marked our first month of living in Zurich, a ...

Now, let’s talk garbage. I feel like here you almost need an MBA in “Taking the Trash Out” to learn how to dispose the garbage and recycl...

This week we celebrate our third week living in Zurich and each day I fall in love with this city even more. Everything is exactly what I...

Diego and Valentina are so pretty Adapting Quickly to Their new life in Switzerland. Thanks to a group created by and for spouses of Empl...

We are almost done with our inscription with the government here in Switzerland (Yeah!). We are now officially legal aliens, and that inc...

A week ago today we boarded Swiss Airlines flight 039 from San Francisco to Zürich. A week already and I can’t believe it. So far we love...

If you know us, then you probably know how important our dogs are to us. We have two four-legged children, Diego and 8 year old Boston Te...

The process of getting to Switzerland started a few months back. We had time to prepare, so we thought or. At the end, a rush was still t...

On March 26, 2014 we took one of the biggest steps in our lives. After living in Seattle for 6 years and then in California Bay Area for ...