Verb conjugation of "refine" in English

I have been living in Holland for the last 14 years and I know the mentality very well. Holland is a small country, everybody knows everybody, so if we want to succeed, we must seize the opportunity.
I have sent you my e-mail address. If you want to write me there, I could view the messages immediately. It would be easier than on the Vocabulix forum, as I'm not online often enough.
I've never been to Switzerland, but I'd like to go to the Alps. Until now I was only in Austria and in France. Maybe I will go there, for example skiing in Davos or in another nice mountain village.