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Short Stories

Doing Paris in Under 24 Hours

 http://whirlwindoflife.blogspot.com/2006_01_01_archive.html

What are your plans for New Years Eve? How about Paris?

Stupid Foreigner posts

Swiss Dieting

 http://whirlwindoflife.blogspot.com/2006_03_01_archive.html

Fancy meat soaked in sauce with French fries and a side of boiled veg for lunch? Then Switzerland may be the place for you.

Don’t ever go to IKEA by yourself

 http://whirlwindoflife.blogspot.com/2007_04_01_archive.html

A trip to IKEA is a dreaded experience regardless of where you are. Being a single female in Switzerland, even more so.

I am Special, not Slow

 http://whirlwindoflife.blogspot.com/2007_05_01_archive.html

Stripped of the ability to speak the local language, you often resort to a few hand gestures, some funny noises, and odd expressions for communication. Unfortunately, their impression of you might not be the one intended.

Defining moments within my Swiss experience Par 1 – Fat American http://whirlwindoflife.blogspot.com/2007/09/defining-moments-within-my-swiss.html

No explanation needed.

Funny Stories

Question of the Day: What do old fat German men,  speedos and sailboats have in common? http://whirlwindoflife.blogspot.com/2007_06_01_archive.html

If you want to find out, then click on the link above.

One of those moments:

Simple Pleasures in Life

 http://whirlwindoflife.blogspot.com/2007_06_01_archive.html

It’s the small things in life that give us the most pleasure.

Costa Rica Travel Experiences

http://whirlwindoflife.blogspot.com/2007_07_01_archive.html

This page contains about 7 short stories, mainly fun-luvin’ descriptions of my time volunteering in Costa Rica.

Swiss Miss

http://whirlwindoflife.blogspot.com/2007_08_01_archive.html

As the end of my time in Switzerland grew near, here are a few things I will miss as well as some of the emotions  of seeing everything you have built over the last two years being given away like you were never there.

I was wrong

 http://whirlwindoflife.blogspot.com/2007/10/i-was-wrong.html

Moving from Switzerland to

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The World is My Playground

 http://whirlwindoflife.blogspot.com/2007/09/world-is-my-playground-r.html  Are we not all just a bunch of big kids?

A Global Generation

 http://whirlwindoflife.blogspot.com/2007/09/global-generation.html It amazes me how even in the last ten years how quickly we have become a global generation – here is a typical day that exemplifies this.

Philosophical moments

My Dream Life as a UPS driver

 http://whirlwindoflife.blogspot.com/2007/09/countdown-part-2-my-dream-life-as-ups.html. Do you ever wonder why it is we push ourselves to succeed, sometimes to the point of exhaustion? Why can’t we just be content with taking the more simple route?