The end of an era....

In the middle of the happiness and emotionally overwhelming time of having our first baby, after careful consideration, many sleepless nights, lots of stress, pro's and con's lists, days of both worrying and daydreaming, it's now decided and official... As of spring 2013, I will no longer be "Lost in Switzerland" but rather home in Sweden. 

Yep! We are moving.....and now that it's decided, I can finally exhale and allow myself to feel ridiculously excited about finally being closer to my friends and family again after what will be nearly five years in Switzerland (!). No words can describe how much I have missed them over the years while going through so many changes in my life and no words can really begin to describe the joy I feel inside at this moment, knowing that all those hugs I have missed so desperately, all those heart to heart conversations I could never have, at least not face to face, will soon be within my reach again....

Besides all the massive amounts of planning required now for the move....there is one other obvious question: What shall happen with this blog now??  It has brought me so much joy over the years....a relief and an outlet for so much I needed to get out of my system. I have found so much inspiration from the people reading and commenting and it has also enabled me to meet some amazing people.

Shall I continue to write from Sweden about our life and new adventures there? Would anyone be interested in reading it then? Please please let me know what you think by commenting here below, on the Facebook page or by sending me an e-mail (linda-lostinswitzerland@hotmail.com) ... Potential lack of comments/responses will be taken as a sign of a non-interest. Thanks a lot for your feedback =)

xox

Auf Wiedersehen, Schaffhausen!

So it's a fact.....I have moved out of our Schaffhausen apartment (Chris still has a few more days there;)) and on Friday, it is time for us to move into our new home in Essertines-sur-Rolle. Soooooo exciting!!!


Today I'm blogging from the train back to Rolle. I am extremely tired.....tired but happy! Yesterday we had our moving out party and all though it's always sad to say goodbye, in a way it was also a great feeling to realize that the room was filled with people we will be seeing again, so it's not really goodbyes after all........this may sound like an "Well of course it's not a goodbye" to some of you, but you see, when you are an expat (or let's call it a "non-local" "non-permanent resident"), you simply can't always take that for granted....


We had a nautical theme and we spend the whole Friday evening and Saturday preparing. It was soooo much fun!!! Here some pictures to give you a flavor!

I baked some marine themed cookies

....and put them on "a beach" (well, it was brown sugar and cocoa powder ;))

....and I also baked some Cupcakes (of course)!!!

Can you find Nemo? ;)

Setting the scene.....one last time in Schaffhausen

We were "Popeye"

....and Olive =)

Sub's.....but these were special Yellow Submarines ;)

"A beer anyone?"

Mingling

.....like out of a movie =))

Some great, not drunken, sailors ;)

.....and the evenings Theme Quiz

I hope you all had a lovely weekend!
xox

Lost....

...ok not really lost as in "Don't know where I am"...or "I can't find my way home"...
I know exactly where I am! I even have a GPS.
I'm more lost in the sense of "How the hell did I end up here" and "What the hell happened"...if you know what I mean!
Don't get me wrong. It was a conscious decision. Nobody forced me! In the end - I even insisted!

Free will is what it was! Now I'm more free that I ever imagined. My whole life changed when I moved here. Some things for the better and some things for the worse... Some I still don't know.

I will see this as my outlet of personal baggage! An offloading point for my inner thoughts (with some filtering) - but also a fun way to share my weird life experiences........who knows? Maybe I'm not as alone as I feel?

Ciao

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