Tag: europe

  • An Exchange to Remember!

    An Exchange to Remember!

    Waiting for your kids to come home from an overseas trip is nerve wracking.  Although you know an exchange experience is a great for them – the fact they are over 7000 km away makes it tough.  I guess this is something we will have to get used to.  We couldn’t wait for Zoe and…

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  • Fantastic French Food!

    Fantastic French Food!

    Food, glorious food! In France, there is a huge focus on food and Zoe and I had the chance to try many delicious French dishes while on our exchange.  We enjoyed crepes, quiche lorraine, tartiflette, and crème brûlée, to name a few.  For me, the most interesting foods that we ate were flammekuche and choucroute.…

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  • Our French Speaking Experience

    Our French Speaking Experience

    Have you ever gone to a foreign country where the primary language is not your own and tried to live like a local?  This is exactly what Mikhaila and I did as part of our language exchange, and it is not as easy as you might think.   The idea behind our exchange was so…

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  • A Photographer’s Dream

    A Photographer’s Dream

    During our exchange, we had the opportunity to travel around Annecy and visit nearby towns.  The views and scenery were absolutely gorgeous!  These towns are often missed by tourists because people normally visit the larger cities and regions such as Paris, the French Riviera, and Burgundy.  It would take many hours of driving to reach these…

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  • Bern, The City For Wanderers…

    Bern, The City For Wanderers…

    During the second week of our French exchange, we went on a tour to visit some small cities around France.  Since we were right by the border, we decided to stop in Bern, Switzerland so that we could practice our French and learn about a new city at the same time.  We went on a French walking…

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