Airporthotel Basel

so... es nochet... no die letschte Sache schnäll erledige.. ond scho gli stoht d'Sabine do zom öis abhole! - be dene doch öppe 7 Grad ond dem Räge verosse eschs om so schöner chöne mer ed wärmi! Es sett aso am Mettwoch doch 37 grad warm wärde en darwin.... :O)

so... i ben no a de letschte Vorbereitige ond denn esch es bald sowiet ond mer chöne go. Es esch chum z'glaube aber de Roger esch ab 7ni uf ond no es Gschäft go die letschte Sache erledige... - hoffe er chonnt bald weder hei ond helft mer nochli.... <br>Bes Bald!

... it was a big walk between some of them. At the first one Ian did not want to go on the rides but when we got to the second one we found some good stuff and went in the fun house together then went on a really funny ghost train and a big roller coaster which I did not like as I felt like it was going to go off the end of the rails. We went the next one and they had huge big rides there was like a big ...

There is yet another fair in Basel right now, the Herbstmesse (Autumn Fair). It is huge! Carnival rides, food stalls, and booths selling trinkets are spread throughout the city. We went out at night to the Münsterplatz to see the action. Beforehand we visited Petersplatz to get raclette over potatoes and steaming Gluwein. Delicious! We also stopped in at the Barf ...

We got back in Basel late yesterday afternoon. We had lots of time to sort out our luggage and for mom and dad to repack for their journey today. Today it was time to say good-bye. They are driving back to Paris and flying home midday tomorrow. I had parked their rental car in an underground garage right by my apartment. We all walked down to the garage together, Lincoln included, with their assortment of suitcases and carry-ons. Once we managed to squeeze everything in ...

... was on at 7:05pm. Yeah. Then everyone ran to the train. I luckily got a seat, but it was packed.<br>Train Number 4 split in 2 with one set of carriages goign to Geneva and the other going to St Gervais. Luckily a French guy who'd been watching me play Solitaire and Freecell (with a real deck of cards, theres a first for everything) told me that we had to change cariages, which i count as train Number 5.<br>Train Number 6 went to ...

... with costumes and masks and bands. Damn near froze standing still for that long, but I had a good vantage point for the pictures so I wasn't going to move for fear of losing my spot. After the parade we got stuck into the gluhwein and some hot food then went back to the hostel for a hot shower, then out for dinner. We went to a local brewery that had a restaurant incorporated and had such a good time that we made it a regular while we were there.

Hahar, said with a hearty piratey tone, as we set sail aboard EasyJet's finest vessel from London Gatwick to Basel bright and early in the morning. Arriving in Basel to a long awaited reunion with Swiss Bear aka Rick we all head to Barron Towers before we make our way to Karrer Sportshop in Laufen ...

Nachdem das Zügelunternehmen zwei Tage lang all unser Hab und Gut verpackt und in den Container runtergeschleppt hat (Vielen Dank an Tobi &amp; Daniela für die tatkräftige Unterstützung), haben wir am 20.08.2008 erfolgreich unsere supertolle Wohnung an der Neuhausstrasse 37 in Basel abgegeben. Nur Sean's ...

... in the local restaurants. I did however get a large amount of confetti thrown on me - most of it ending up in my jacket hood and pockets, and a small amount ending up down my top. Wonderful. The culprit was a child with what looks like a sieve on a very long stick; once you've been harassed, you know their trick - but if you're foreign to these antics, the last place you're going to look for confetti is ...