{"id":103,"date":"2008-03-24T17:08:33","date_gmt":"2008-03-24T17:08:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thewanderers.net\/w\/?p=103"},"modified":"2013-08-26T15:36:31","modified_gmt":"2013-08-26T15:36:31","slug":"goodbye-south-africa-hello-switzerland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thewanderers.net\/w\/?p=103","title":{"rendered":"Goodbye South Africa, Hello Switzerland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We did it again &#8230; and added another country to our list. We moved back to Europe &#8211; Switzerland this time. More specifically we ended up in <a href=\"http:\/\/map.search.ch\/zug\">Zug <\/a> in the German speaking part of Switzerland.<\/p>\n<p>Although we are getting used to moving around (this is Johan&#8217;s 8th country and Karl&#8217;s 6th!), moving internationally continues to be a big adventure every time. We moved out in South Africa at the end of January and moved into our new place in Zug mid-February. We are still up to our necks in boxes, trying to shoehorn a medium-sized house into a city apartment, but we&#8217;re getting things sorted out and starting to feel at home in our new location.<\/p>\n<p>Changing from South Africa to Switzerland takes some getting used to, particularly since we moved from<br \/>\nsummer in South Africa to winter in Switzerland. And, of course, everyone tells us we&#8217;re having record amounts of cold weather. The snow-line has come down to visit the city folk, and enough snow comes off the balcony railing to make a couple snowballs. In South Africa, we&#8217;d still be using the pool.<\/p>\n<p>The following pictures from both sides of our move give a glimpse of some of the differences (click on the image to get a larger version of the photo).<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/thewanderers.net\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/MoveSA.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[103]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-454\" alt=\"MoveSA\" src=\"http:\/\/thewanderers.net\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/MoveSA-600x399.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thewanderers.net\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/MoveSA-600x399.jpg 600w, https:\/\/thewanderers.net\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/MoveSA-150x99.jpg 150w, https:\/\/thewanderers.net\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/MoveSA-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thewanderers.net\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/MoveSA-619x412.jpg 619w, https:\/\/thewanderers.net\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/MoveSA.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/thewanderers.net\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/MoveSA_Switzerland.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[103]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-455\" alt=\"MoveSA_Switzerland\" src=\"http:\/\/thewanderers.net\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/MoveSA_Switzerland-600x450.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thewanderers.net\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/MoveSA_Switzerland-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/thewanderers.net\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/MoveSA_Switzerland-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/thewanderers.net\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/MoveSA_Switzerland-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thewanderers.net\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/MoveSA_Switzerland-619x464.jpg 619w, https:\/\/thewanderers.net\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/MoveSA_Switzerland.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>More about our adventures in Switzerland will undoubtedly follow!<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:10px; padding-top:5px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-small.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"Tumblr\",\"StumbleUpon\",\"Email\",\"Print\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"small\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"Goodbye%20South%20Africa%2C%20Hello%20Switzerland\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We did it again &#8230; and added another country to our list. 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