The Baselbiet.

So, I'm back from this weekend away only to realise I haven't even updated my blog about last weekend. Time seems to be flying by, last Sunday was the 2 month anniversary of my arrival in Basel. Can't believe we've reached September already!
Anyway, if I can stretch my memory back to last weekend, here's what I got up to....
Friday night had a nice relax, a beer by the Rhine, and a meal at Lily's, a East Asian restaurant (sort of a Swiss slightly posher version of Waggamamma's, with the same sort of benches). I had a lovely, if not a bit too spicy for me, curry and then an awesome bannana fritter. After this we headed to see "My Sister's Keeper". I had read the book, and not to spoil the film for anyone who wants to see it, was a bit disappointed that they'd changed the ending. It was still very moving and touching, and made me think of my big sister back at home (miss you loads skin!).
The next morning, we headed to Reigoldswil, which was about 45mins away on the bus from Basel, and in Baselbiet, the countryside which surrounds the city. We got the standard, ever present Cablecar up to Wasserfallen, I will call it a hill (but I think it is a mountain, just a very small one for Switzerland). We walked around and saw some lovely countryside views and flora and fuana. We had our pack lunch at the peak, and then grabbed "scooters" (they were scooters except you stood on them with both feet) to journey back down. It was a bit surreal, you felt like you wanted to sit down on them, and the incline was so steep you had to always have the break on a little bit. For any parents reading, yes I did have a helmet on. It was really fun though, and ironically I managed to fall over on foot on gravel before getting on the scooter, scrapping my hand up, not on the dangerous part of the day. After that, had a drink at a local swiss restaurant and then headed back on the bus to Basel.
Sunday was a bit of a lazy morning and then we headed to Colmar, described as the Little Venice of France around lunch. On the train it's just under an hour, and the countryside you pass through, is surprisingly, much drier than Basel's countryside. The reason for the trip was to visit FLUNCH, a French version of MacDonalds, as Abi remembers having Steak Hassiche there as a kid and wanted a bit of a nostasglia trip. From our Steak Hassiche, we headed to the main square of Colmar, which was very picturesque, and we passed lots of quaint tourist shops and even a Sorbetiere Isabelle. (my new ambition is now to open my own!) We then enjoyed coffee and cake outside in the main square, by the church. The canals of the Little Venice, were very shallow, but quite pretty.
Then I think we might have been incredibly sad and watched The X Factor online, but you gotta keep up with the gossip back home! (that's my excuse and I'm sticking to it).

Will update about this weekend soon, and try not leave it as late as usual.

Have a good week,

Swizzy x x x