Feb2014

Swiss culture is hard to define. It is clearly a westernized culture, with highly developed technology, transportation and education standards.

Is Everything in Order? “Alles in Ordnung?” I love this phrase! It is most often used to mean, “Is everything

Three-kiss greetings. Communal-laundry-room rules. Geranium-filled window boxes. When we prepared to move our family from the United States to French-speaking

Mothering Matters…it does! Especially when living in Ticino, in exile from your own English-speaking culture. Raising children is double the

Before I write on a theme, I tend to gather. I spend days trying a theme on various situations I

Culture shock upon moving to Switzerland? From another country in Western civilisation? Yes, it happens, more often than not. And

“Auntie Karin, why do I have to shake Auntie Sarah’s hand?” asked my six-year-old nephew when they visited us from