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December 24, 2014

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The pros and cons of Swiss living

Hooray for new link ups!! Michelle over at The American Resident has started a link up called "Where I live." It's not just for us silly expats either. It's about loving where you live and wanting to share it with the world. I'm a day late with my post but better late than never right? This weeks prompt i s " the dark sides of where you live or have lived, but the one condition of this linky is to put a positive spin on your posts. Feel free to vent about the bad stuff this week, but match each negative with a contrasting positive!" I know most people are shocked to find out that sometimes living in the land of chocolate and scary efficiency isn't all it's cracked up to be. There are pros and cons to living basically any where in the world and Switzerland is no exception. Con : Switzerland is EXPENSIVE! Let me throw some numbers at you. Compared to Canada the price of rent is 81% higher. The cost of groceries is 47% highe

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