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Pour yourself a coffee or a glass of wine, find a cozy spot and settle in for a read. It is guaranteed to either make you feel better about your own life or inspire you to get out a map and plan your own adventure. Hopefully the latter…
- The world from here.
- To London, with love.
- After a long summer’s nap…
- Beat the heat
- I didn’t see this coming.
- An abundant season of visitors.
- Easter in Portugal
- Adventures with my Mom
- Welcome to Singapore – leave your chewing gum at home
- That time, in Lisbon
- Have passport, will travel.
- Korea, who knew!?
- Little Garcia in Big China
- Farewell 2018
- Yule tide carols being sung by a choir
- Shared experiences and bonding over failures
- A Swiss tradition – National Futures Day
- Not all caves are created equally.
- A weekend to unwind.
- Sweet sixteen.
- Once I was the King of Spain
- Hamburg anyone?
- Third time’s a charm?
- A summer hiatus
- And then there was one.
- Inexplicable things
- Lazy, hazy days of summer…sort of.
- How heavy is your pack?
- Opa!
- For the Ladies
- The Gilmore Girl effect.
- Squeeze your mom today.
- Frolicking in Florence
- The most londony London
- Blissfully busy
- The birds and the bees.
- The next chapter in “Whose life is this?”
- Shades of grey.
- Our Spanish Imposition
- Our new beginning…
- The adjustment…
- Getting back into the game.
- Big changes for this little Garcia family
- Post holiday hangover
- Scenes of a Swiss Christmas.
- It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas…
- Never let your guard down
- Seeking clarity in new adventures
- Time to lighten up a bit.
- The beauty in being needy.
- This too shall pass.
- The saga continues.
- Falling way out of rhythm.
- A new rhythm.
- Employed!!!
- Back in host mode – sharing our Swiss home with some of our most favourite people.
- Dwelling in our new tranquility.
- Feast or famine
- We survived another first week.
- Back into the groove.
- The opposite of lonely.
- Reunions a-plenty
- Year 1 – we made it!
- A most international Canada Day
- Ice cream every day.
- Two steps forward, two steps back.
- My first Swiss birthday.
- Where is the edelweiss?
- Swiss school, from our perspective
- Cerebral confessions of a stay-at-home Mom.
- The next chapter
- Getting good at the goodbyes
- In search of sunshine
- Geneva; cold, scary and fabulous.
- Easter in the fast lane
- Spring hoarding
- The danger of Easter
- Spring, Swiss style
- My inner feminist
- Never sure…
- Dentists and carnivals.
- Spring is in the air.
- Sport-Holiday, week 2.
- Vive la France
- Thank you Alp’s. Our cups are full.
- I. Can’t. Even.
- The mountains are calling. We must go.
- Then the sun came out.
- Ich bin krank
- T.C.B
- The confusion continues
- Optimism for 2017
- L.A.B (Life after buddies)
- Making lasting memories
- Trying to convince our buddies to stay.
- New Years musings
- Our favourite role, playing the tour guide.
- Merry Christmas to all…
- Still a few steps behind…
- Countdown to Christmas
- Our view from here
- Month 5 mark
- December begins.
- Settle in for a story…
- Things that make us go hmmm…
- Distracted by cuteness
- Swiss Hockey; a Canadian perspective.
- Swiss opinions and my failings
- 4 month musings and confessions
- Parting is such sweet sorrow.
- The next chapter
- Exceptional moments in the ordinary days
- Real life once again
- And then we were 5…
- Serious tourist time.
- La Cinque Terre
- Living above our station in life.
- Ok, where were we…
- Not in Kansas anymore…
- Patios await
- Rain, rain, go away…
- Paradise awaits
- Thankful indeed
- Successfully resetting the balance
- In search of happy.
- Fiction vs non-fiction
- A new month begins
- Life giveth and life taketh away…
- Cause for celebration
- Spoke too soon…
- Fall is in the air.
- Not hungry
- Balance
- Made it to another Friday
- A new week, a new set of challenges
- Life’s ordinary rhythm
- We’re part of a community
- One more step towards real life
- 2 month mark
- Another day, another country
- Friday’s feast
- The universe replied…
- Confessions
- Another Monday in the bag
- A good weekend to refuel.
- Friday never felt so sweet.
- No news is good news
- Wednesday’s will be great.
- A quick update before we call it a day
- Update…and not such a happy one.
- And breathe….
- Swiss Saturdays
- A good day, all around
- Tensions are running high!
- Reality
- Progress…
- The key to happiness…
- Camping – Swiss style!
- One month mark
- A little arts & culture for your Sunday.
- Just a typical day here…
- The other side of the tracks
- Swiss are red tape experts
- Lost & found
- Swiss National Day
- Sundays might be my favourite.
- Goats make good neighbours too
- Won’t you be my neighbour?
- Settling in to the everyday
- Post vacation blues
- Who were we kidding…?
- We are tourists, after all
- Sunday stroll
- Rainy days
- Milan – who knew?
- A lumberjack in Switzerland
- Biting off a bit more than we could chew…
- 261
- Bucket List day.
- Lugano mornings
- Arrived in Lugano
- Fully & completely here.
- The one-week mark.
- A neighbourhood day
- Zurich in the rain
- Torn
- A Sunday to spoil all Sunday’s to come…
- Day 3 wisdom
- First day loose in Winterthur
- Here we go…
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