My cute little room in Basel, Switzerland with the best view.

The Rhine from my window.

Sticking my toes in the Rhine.

Yummy Salad lunch.

Scenes From Basel Switzerland

Today's Lunch

I didn't do much today except to take myself out for a splurge lunch 34Euros!

Salad and the biggest goat cheese wedge I've ever seen with honey underneath...(I couldn't even finish all the gc even though I wanted to)

Steak, this is the only beef I have had since arriving here...

Chocolate!

Images the terrace...

Scenes of the City

In Plaza Jaume outside of the government buildings as I walking to the metro there was a band...and I sign that said something about traditional Catalan band or something...

And there were all these people in little circles joining in to do some sort of dance...

it was really cute...

Picture of the Day

Scenes of the City

Michele and Jesús...I invited Michele to come with Jesús and I to the beach today...but it was cold and cloudy so we just walked around. I find it odd that in Europe the men that I have asked to take their photo without hesitation smile and "pose" for the photo. It pleases me.

I don't know what traditional practice they were doing here but their were three groups all with different colored scarves performing these "stick clanging dances"... it was awesome... they were moving super fast constantly changing formations and banging essentially clubs in rhythm at multiple partners...hats off to them! I want to learn !

Inside the church that was the pic of the day yesterday...

Purple trees please me....

Today's Dinner (Made by Michele)

Michele my Italiano roommate offered to make me dinner to night...as he said "making pasta for one is too sad"... I happily agreed...and excepted...Yum!...He was also really excited that it was my first pasta with zucchini...which is the same world in Italian and English...EASY. BUT, Yesterday he made eggplant (which is a weird sounding word if you think about it egg and plant) and it took me forever to explain to him that that is what the long purple vegetable in his hand is called in the states... finally I went to the default and said "aubergine" and his face lit up in recognition he knew this word...so from there I explained that aubergine is eggplant in English...I am still not sure what the word for eggplant is in Italian, but at least we got that far. :)

Michele also insisted we take "puffy face" photos...perhaps it's his was of showing what our tummies looked like after all the pasta??...though I asked him how often he eats pasta in Italy...he replied "two times" ... to which I asked "two times a week" and he said no..."two times a day...lunch and dinner"...Ha! Fascinated I inquired further if he ate any other courses with his pasta...and he said "No...well except when I go to Mama's" (Italian men and their mamas!) ... and then me "Michele, I would be very fat if I ate pasta twice a day"...Michele "Yes, but I not so fat"...well said sir...well said... no he's not so fat...Ugh. Men and their metabolisms.