Category Archives: Running

Hoch Blauen Sunrise

A year and a half ago, I ran up to Hoch Blauen to watch the sunrise. The experience was so moving, I wanted to repeat it before leaving Germany again. It wasn’t going to be an exact copy, though. For … Continue reading

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Basel and Freiburg in 2 days

The two closest cities to Kandern are Basel, Switzerland and Freiburg, Germany. In the last two days I’ve been to both of those cities, but for very different purposes! Yesterday, the entire population of BFA took 6 buses to Basel … Continue reading

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Thursday = Recovery Day

On my school schedule, I blocked out 3 periods of Thursday morning. Instead of filling those boxes with student names or a class to teach, I colored them an ambiguous gray. During those gray times, I leave school. That’s right, … Continue reading

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Running as Rest

Running is one of the best ways to get out and enjoy the area on foot. We had some great weather last weekend, so I made a trek back up to one of the places with the best view, Hoch … Continue reading

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Zurich Team Marathon

On a rainy weekend, 8 adventurous BFA staff ladies participated in a relay marathon. The adventure started at 5am when we met to drive to Zurich. After leaving the warm, dry vehicles we ventured into trams and busses to take … Continue reading

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