About me



Me, that is Karen and I live with my family in Switzerland and in France. 

I love traveling but I hate ironing 
I love cooking but I hate the washing up afterwards 
I love hiking but I hate traffic jams 
I love Berlin but I hate Currywurst 

And I love India where I go twice a year with a dear friend. We collect books here and are now in the process of establishing a library in a small English speaking school in Bangalore in the South of India. The parents of these children are all hardworking lower middle class people who want a better start in life for their children.

18 comments:

  1. Hi
    Thank you for dropping by my blog and taking the time to leave a comment....appreciated. Very envious of your trips to India, hope to get there soon, camera in hand :-)
    www.4otomo.wordpress.com

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  2. Hi Karen, Happy to hear u love India and visit twice a year...All the very best for your noble project of establishing Library for the needy....

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  3. Hi Karen- Thank you for stopping by my blog. I have never been to India, but I can only imagine the beauty it holds. I've travelled to southeastern China, but haven't been there in years.....kind of stuck here. I hope to travel one day.

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  4. It's always good to give back. It's nice to read about you and your friend establishing a library. I like to do my charitable works in Africa.

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  5. Thank you for visiting my blog. I really like your blog, you have some truly amazing shots!

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  6. So happy to find your lovely blog... I totally agree with your first two loves/hates :) I really admire the work you're doing in India and would love to visit this magical country one day.

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  7. What a wonderful thing to do , and how much good you are doing to help provide the books for reading!

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  8. Great blog! And I love what you are doing to help provide books! Keep up the good work! Aloha

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  9. There are a great many causes and your's is an important one too.

    Merry Christmas and thank you for the lovely comments you left on my blog.

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  10. Nice meeting you on Blogger, Karen

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  11. Hi! I used to drink one or two glasses of Chablisien wine when we would go to a restraunt. If you come to Japan, You will be a Japan lover soon.

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  12. Hi Karen,
    ich hab' dir noch gar nicht gesagt, dass ich mich immer wie bolle über deine Kommentare freue, oder???
    Und deine Bilder ... fantastisch. Du hast immer und immer wieder so wunderbare Motive.
    Mein Norden ist Wilhelmshaven - wo bist du geboren?
    Hab' eine schöne Zeit in Köln und sei lieb gegrüßt!

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  13. It is lovely to meet you Karen today through Our World Tuesday.

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  14. There is so much water under my bridge ... I hope some of it is as beautiful as yours. Have a great weekend, Karen ...

    Andrea @ From The Sol

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  15. Ein wunderbares Projekt habt ihr da ins Leben gerufen. Viel Erfolg damit!

    Gruß aus Schweden
    aelva

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  16. Liebe Karen,

    danke für Deine Besuche bei mir und Deine Worte!

    Ein sehr lobenswertes Projekt! Indien würde ich auch sehr gerne sehen. Mein Mann hat da seine Diplomarbeit geschrieben, als seine Eltern für vier Jahre berufsbedingt dort gelebt haben. Mit kleinen Kindern ist das aber wahrscheinlich eher schwierig, aber irgendwann sind sie auch alt genug dafür :-) Erst einmal werden wir die "einfacheren" Länder mit denen bereisen.

    Ich bin gespannt auf Deine nächste Reise!

    Liebe Grüße,
    Ioana

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  17. danke dir für deinen besuch auf meinem blog!
    herzlich pippa

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  18. Hallo Karen, ich bin gerade über Ioana auf deinen Blog gekommen. Sehr schön hast du es hier. Tolles Engagement! Ich hoffe, wir begegnen uns jetzt öfter. Herzliche Grüße aus Hamburg, Jule vom Craftyneighboursclub

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