Colleen Dunkel
@MrsCrocodile
American expat in Switzerland
Forum posts
5
Contacts
3
About me
American
Lives in Basel
Speaks English, French, German, Italian
Registration: 25 January 2010
Activity
Maybe relocating to Basel and need info on schooling by ccatz88
My husband just got an offer from his company to relocate from US to Basel Switzerland. We are very excited by the opportunity, but we have a 3 year old son who is in pre-school. To move abroad, I will be quitting my job and hoping to find work in ...
The Basel Childbirth Trust is an excellent resource for English speaking families with small children in Basel. They also have an excellent listing (and used to have a booklet) of the English speaking pre-schools and different options here. You ... Read More
American Children Attending Swiss Schools by jenntex
HI, My husband and I are moving to Basel in a few months for a job relocation. We have three young children one of whom is currently in 1st grade and the second is in 4K (or pre-school) and will be in Kindergarten next year. My question is ...
My kids were born in Switzerland so therefore bilingual and I'm really happy with the Swiss public schools. What city are you going to be in? Here in Basel, when kids start school they usually get put into the Fremdsprache classes, where they are ... Read More
Cost of living in Switzerland by expat.com
Hi everybody, It would be very interesting and useful to exchange informations about the cost of living in Switzerland. The idea is to help those who would like to live in Switzerland. Don't forget to mention where you are living Let's compare ...
Even though the cost of living is high, there is a very high quality of life. Just think: clean toilets, no dubious burger/taco/fish n' chips joints in parking lots (I heard even the parade wagons at Carnival have a health inspector) a public ... Read More