expensive than any other European Union Country or really any eastern
country, including Japan, that we have traveled too. Eating out costs
more than 25 Francs per person (McDonalds was 15 pp), a pair of warm
socks was close to 14 Francs. The grocery store was unexplainably
expensive (we walked out with 13 items at over 50 Francs).
very inexpensive graduate education and having a true democracy among
their citizens. There are strict rules and people follow them. They
are small enough that their government can be supportive and helpful
to all of their citizens at once, not just the super rich or the poor
like we see back in America. Most all policies are for the good of
every citizen, not just one sector. The highway system is extremely
advanced and flows quite well. The “toll road” is a once a year flat
fee of 40 francs which gets you a sticker and the ability to take the
“toll roads” to travel around faster instead of stopping every 10
miles to pay a toll.
The scenery and villages coexist as a watercolor puzzle that you pick
up from the store. Even though every village doesn’t have a bakery or
a grocery store or even a restaurant, they all have a bus stop so
their villagers can more about without the use of their tractors or
bicycles.
Our first official stop in the country was Geneva which to be honest,
worked out to be more of a slow crawl-through. As in most of Europe,
the RV is not designed for parking within city limits and as we
cruised through most of the streets of Geneva in search of parking
(unsuccessfully), we decided we’d seen enough and headed a few clicks
north to a campsite for the night. Our site was in a pretty little
spot on the northern side of lake Geneva and offered up a chance to
recharge for the night with an added bonus of wifi to load about a
billion pictures.
Bern, capital city’s next!
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Intentionally and incrementally. Most families who live this way did not leap from conventional to adventurous overnight. They built remote work capacity, paid down debt, tested longer trips, and had increasingly honest conversations about what they actually want from their lives. The leap feels bigger from outside than from inside.
Different for every family. For some it is long-term travel. For others it is weekend adventures close to home. What connects them is intentionality about how time is spent and a preference for experiences over accumulation. The version that fits your family is the right one.
By finding stability within the adventure rather than treating them as opposites. Routines, rituals, and family rhythms travel with you. Familiar foods, bedtime routines, and predictable family dynamics provide stability even when the location changes. Kids need consistency in relationships more than consistency in geography.
That people are fundamentally similar across cultures in what they want for their families. That comfort zone is a smaller circle than it feels from inside. That the things worth having in life require effort and discomfort to get. And that time together doing hard interesting things is the most reliable source of family closeness.
By getting clear on why you made the choices you made and returning to that clarity when the outside noise gets loud. Most families living unconventionally describe an initial period of explaining themselves that gradually gives way to just living the life. The explaining becomes less necessary as the results become visible.
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