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Caption: SWIT
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LAND
Picture of Chézard
Caption: I went to Switzerland in the summer of 1994. This is the house I lived in with my lovely host family.
Picture of Chézard
Caption: And the local street.
Picture of Chézard
Caption: This the neighborhood pool where all the kids hung out all day all summer long. I would get a Nestle ice cream cone at the snack bar every time we went. One night, a group of us walked here and hopped the fence to hang out. I had my first taste of Malibu and Coke. My host mom had made us cake to take with us to soak up the alcohol.
Picture of Zytglogge
Caption: One weekend, we traveled by train to my host sister’s grandparents house in Bern. Pictured: my host mom and sisters.
Picture of Bern
Caption: I snapped this shot from the window in her grandparents’ bathroom.
Picture of Lauterbrunnen
Caption: Then just me and my host sister took the train to the family cabin in Mürren. The train ride up was unlike anything I’d ever experienced.
Picture of Mürrenbachfall
Caption: And the Alpine views were unlike anything I’d ever seen.
Picture of Jungfraujoch
Caption: And how about this view of Jungfrau from the living room of their chalet!
Picture of Moulin Rouge
Caption: Another weekend, we went to Paris! This is 16-year-old me.
Picture of Mürren
Caption: Switzerland has held a special place in my heart since 1994. I’ve been trying to get back ever since.
