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  • February 20, 2014
    EssayWriter

    I admire all your shots. It is very nice, and the place was perfect.

  • February 20, 2014
    Maria

    Looks like my home, minus the mountains, at the moment but ours should melt soon. Lovely

    • February 21, 2014
      gigigriffis

      I am loving the snow, though ours probably won’t melt anytime soon.

  • February 20, 2014
    Karen

    Gorgeous pics – looks beautiful. Love my lumix too 🙂

  • February 20, 2014
    Martijn

    Congratulations! From what I’ve read so far you have earned to live in this beautiful place. It looks gorgeous. Pooch seems to like it too.

    • February 21, 2014
      gigigriffis

      Yep. She loves it (though she does get too cold and make me turn around on hikes sometimes).

  • February 21, 2014
    RadkaH.

    Just lovely photos and great place to be Gigi.

  • February 21, 2014
    Sander Versluys

    Great, you’ve found yourself a new home! Good choice, I love the mountains too!

    But I’m still a bit baffled because you choose, as far as I know, the most expensive country in Europe. 🙂

    Isn’t it like 4 euro for a coffee?

    Don’t get me wrong, I think that 4 euro is a good deal for happiness! 😀 But still, very curious about your next financial update.

    Congratulations and enjoy Gigi!

    • February 21, 2014
      gigigriffis

      Well, maybe not the most expensive country (I think Scandanavia is still a lot more expensive :)), but, yes, definitely more expensive than some of our neighbors!

      That said, this valley is the one place in the world where I feel perfectly at home, the best version of myself.

      In fact, that’s how I knew I wanted to move here: when I realized that I’d rather be on a very tight budget in Switzerland than wealthy in, say, Mexico. Money is fleeting; joy is what I’m after.

      My therapist likes to remind me that our choices and actions are the real test of what we believe. And so the person who makes choices because they will make them wealthy shows us that they value money (or perhaps security in a rather insecure world). And the person who chooses to pursue art, quit their job, turn down the high-paying, but unfulfilling position, and move to a place where her dollar doesn’t go very far, she shows her values too.

      That’s not a judgement on anyone’s values. Because security, well that’s a pretty nice thing to be after too, but for me it would be the wrong thing to chase.

      Instead, my values (as demonstrated by my wildly unconventional choices) must be nature, wellness, bravery, art, stories, community, and love.

  • February 21, 2014
    loni joy

    Gigi, this is your paradise and I can see why it sings to your heart.
    Amazingly spectacular 🙂 Enjoy and Blessings to your new home xx

  • February 22, 2014
    Julia

    Looks like a gorgeous part of the world, lovely photos!

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