Marites Ylagan – Page 5 – Family Matters Switzerland

The Kartause Ittingen: Spirituality, Community and Sustainability

Holidays are thrilling, extremely hectic and at times overwhelming. December is filled with shopping, children’s theatre recitals and caroling events

These Christmas cookies originate from the Basel area but are a delight for families throughout northern Switzerland. Traditionally containing the

Most international families find they can handle a certain amount of change in life and become experts at planning house moves

When I pictured Switzerland before moving here many years ago, I imagined snow-covered mountains, cows on alpine pastures, herders producing

Swiss life offers plenty of challenges for new arrivals, such as decoding the etiquette at a farmer’s market or discovering

Our planet’s climate is changing and no amount of Trump twittering can alter that fact. The questions are: how much

Changes in the environment have a devastating effect on us all. One of our traditional nursery rhymes has changed into

All parents know they would bend over backwards for their children. But what about the children bending over backwards…or forwards?

If your child is like mine, you probably have lots of found objects from your forest walks, that holiday at the

When expat families arrive in Switzerland, one of their first concerns is the Swiss school system. Whether they are British, American,