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if me, a Chinese girl, marry a swiss boy in UK
Category: Living in Switzerland Date: Apr 28, 2010 User: nancy1984
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We have been together for about three years. We are like family already, and marriage is never an urgent issue to us. However, i have recently found out that it is hard for me, a Chinese, to extend my visa in UK. Both of us got concerned, in that we need to stay in UK for at least another 3 years due to our studies and careers. Thereby, He proposed marriage. Meanwhile, we are not sure whether i can
Category: Living in Switzerland Date: Apr 6, 2010 User: cowlumbus
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Having returned to Switzerland after nine years abroad, my wife and I quickly realized that we are not in Ohio anymore! This was motivation enough to start a blog about life in Switzerland in the departments of culture, food, politics and simply cool facts. So, dive right in and check out "Newly Swissed"!
Category: Travel Date: Mar 21, 2010 User: clevelandbrown
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My great grandfather and great grandmother came to the US from Boltigen, a small village in the Simmental valley about 150 years ago.
My wife and I have visited Switzerland four times now, and enjoyed each area.
We just got back from seeing the valais. We started in Boltigen, then went to Brig, Sion, Martigny, and Vevey. It was our first winter visit and the weather was surprisingly mild at valley
Category: Heritage Date: Mar 16, 2010 User: Balocco335
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Rev. Hans Herrs was an early immigrant to Lancaster County PA. Records indicate he was born in 1639 in Baden, Zurich Canton. His family settled south of present-day Lancaster in 1719 or 1720. The stone house built soon afterwards by his son Christian (but known as the Hans Herr House) still welcomes visitors.
