A Little Taste of Home

I came across this blog today and was so happy to discover that there is a Vapiano in Basel. We discovered this place in Boston and love that it's a family-friendly place where we can get the kids a pizza or some pasta. I wonder if the staff in Basel makes bunny-shaped pizza like they do here! Of course, like everything in Switzerland, the prices are about 3x what they are in the States. We'll start saving for some pizza now!

What's in a Name?

I think I used that same title to a couple of blog posts when we announced the name of our children.

Well, no children being named here, just some confusion about how Switzerland came to be abbreviated CH. If you're like me, you didn't even know that CH *was* short-hand for Switzerland. Well, it is, and surprisingly, the CH is NOT for 'cheese' or 'chocolate'.

This snippet from Wikipedia explains where the CH comes from:

Switzerland, in its full name the Swiss Confederation (Latin: Confoederatio Helvetica, hence its abbreviation CH)...

Hence the Swiss Franc is the CHF.

And now you know.