Monthly Archives: April 2012

Let the Packing Begin!

No – we still don’t know when we are going – but we cannot wait until we do before we start packing.  It now looks like we’re up against a wall, not knowing when we can go until 7 days … Continue reading

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Farewells

Our good friends Bob Friestad and Jim & Sandi Turner threw a going away party for us – even though we still don’t when, and even possibly if, we are going.  We mentioned that – and the decision was that … Continue reading

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The Right to Be Unmarried

Today we heard from Nathalie who has been ushering our visas through the bureaucratic slog.  It is normal, when a couple is not legally married, that the partner’s visa takes 6 to 8 weeks longer to go through the canton’s … Continue reading

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Preparations

It has been amazing to me, how much work it has been to prepare for the year. Just getting ready to be away for a full year is a lot. How to receive and pay all the bills. How to … Continue reading

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The Beginning

It is mid-April 2012.  Jon and Mary Carol have been on a roller coaster of anticipation, disappointment, expectation, angst and excitement.   Last November we learned we had a good possibility of living in Switzerland for a full year.  Jon could … Continue reading

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