“Speaking French, that’ll be easy to crack”. That’s what I thought when we started to plan our new life in Geneva. “A bit of hard work, a few embarrassing episodes but then it’ll start to slot into place.” I couldn’t envisage an alternative. And anyway I was sure...
The days go slow but the years go (really) fast… I’m not sure how it happened, but I am an empty nester. There were times I thought I’d never get an afternoon sans children, and now here I am…. with more time than I know what to do with. My children are both away at...
Books have given so much to author Kyra Wilder, and now she offers her passion and knowledge to others, with her soon to launch book and gift business Needle&Hay. She talks to The HUB: “I moved to Geneva in 2014 with a one-year-old, a three-year-old and a...
After three years teaching abroad in China, Switzerland was a calculated move for my partner and I. After years breathing polluted air that left us coughing up black bits after a run round the local park and having our photo surreptitiously (or not so subtly!) taken...
Call the Midwife? But how? Learning that you’re expecting a baby can be so exciting, but it can also be stressful as you worry how your baby is growing, moving and developing as the days and months pass. With your first pregnancy you have lots of questions and...
Charlotte Patchell is a certified nurse with nutrition training and a focus on sleep issues. She runs the Geneva-based BubHub, a consultancy for English speaking parents delivering child and baby sleep and wellbeing services. She talks to us about the demands of...
