Here are pictures from the past week or so: http://www.permanent-expatriate.com/late-feb-in-neuchatel/
Today is a holiday in the canton of Neuchâtel, celebrating the anniversary of joining the Swiss Confederation. We awoke this morning to a cloudless sky. This is by far the best weather we’ve seen here thus far. Further, Sammy awoke this morning the happiest baby ever. He’s been up for 2 hours now and hasn’t […]
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
A well-worn critique of the North American variety of multiculturalism is that its purported multiculture is, in truth, an anti-culture where capitalism destroys meaningful cultural values and leaves only economic interest behind; the melting pot as a vat of acid. (My Canadian friends might argue that this is a valid critique of the United States, […]
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Greetings! I had new photos to upload, but then the smart card in the camera died while we were out on Sunday. (Problems with the card explains why photos would sometimes be inexplicably missing from the camera. We took more shots of the new apartment’s interior, but they were gone when we got home.) The […]
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Long overdue, here are the photo highlights of our last couple of weeks. Included are pics of the interior of the new apartment, our new hotel suite, and general neatness from around town (plus some Sammy stuff thrown in). http://www.permanent-expatriate.com/life_in_neuchatel2/
Monday, February 15, 2010
From today’s Chronicle of Higher Education: As for Ms. Bishop’s state of mind following her tenure denial last year, her husband said she “didn’t want to go the way of” another university scientist who had lost tenure and was now driving a shuttle bus in Huntsville. Maybe I am better off as a house-husband…
Monday, February 15, 2010
The last week has been quite harried. All three of us are in various stages of dealing with sinus infections. Martha has started her in-office French lessons. We have been wrapping our heads around the inherent problems of outfitting a family home when you’re not proficient in the local language. Again, the ubiquity of at-least […]
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Here are some photos taken during a Sunday drive through the Neuchâtel countryside: http://www.permanent-expatriate.com/neuchatel6/
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
For those interested, the online listing for our new apartment can be viewed here. And yes, we are amused that we’re living over a McDonald’s. Â 🙂
We got the apartment we wanted! 🙂