Bright and early on the morning of January 7th, 2016, Travis and I set off on a much-awaited international expedition. Driving a medium sized moving van, we left the compact snow and frigid temps of central Germany for the warmer...
Our plans to leave Switzerland on October 1st didn’t materialize. Like everything we do, even our travel plans from Switzerland to Germany were ill-planned and subject to change. After just a few hours of sleep, we woke up on Halloween...
Relocation is never boring if you’re married to someone like Travis, who simply can’t contain his inner cowboy when the opportunity presents itself. October 30th was the day after his birthday. It was also the last full day at our flat...
In Switzerland, it’s customary to take a dessert to work to share with co-workers on your own birthday, which is the opposite from what we do in the US. Since Travis and I knew we’d be in the midst of...
In four days, we’ll be leaving Switzerland and moving to Germany to start what will be the next chapter of our lives in Europe. In July, Travis had a “Job Interview In Göttingen” Germany, where we spent a couple of...
As Travis and I enter our last week in Switzerland, we’ve shared a flurry of farewell get-togethers with friends, starting with a dinner with folks from his lab at the University of Fribourg. We knew it was the last time...
The process of departing from Switzerland for a resident is a slow process, one that requires ticking off administrative tasks in the right order. The first step is to officially report your departure to the local cantonal authorities. For us,...
