Some places I've been in the last ten years

Apologies if I've neglected to add a place!  I tried to get most of the larger cities.

Facts about Switzerland

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Switzerland

Switzerland is bordered by Germany, France, Italy, Austria and Liechtenstein.

Its four official languages are German, French, Italian and Romansh, which are mapped out in the above map. 

I'm going to be in the French-speaking area, just to the north of the big lake there (Lake Geneva). 

Switzerland has a population of about 8 million people.  To put that in perspective, New York City has a 8,336,000 people... so slightly more than Switzerland!

The city I'm going to be in, Lausanne, has 129,000 people, making it comparable to Syracuse, NY, at 145,000 people.

Off to Lausanne in one week!

I always try to make blogs, and never keep up with them.  I'm going to try it again.

On Sept. 1, 2013, I'm heading off to live and work in Lausanne, Switzerland, for the academic year.  I'm going to be teaching English composition to university students there, and finishing up my PhD on Dany Laferrière, Ying Chen and Sergio Kokis.

I'm going to do my best to document my experience here, for friends and family.  Don't hesitate to comment or nag if I start neglecting the blog as usual!