Die Farbe Lila

Day three of our Swiss adventures… Breakfast of porridge with honey and strawberries and raspberries for my sisters and I. We managed to chillout in the flat until after midday – me reading ‘Marriage Material’ by Sathnam Sanghera and my sisters either watching television or washing up in the kitchen. We took the tram 1…

Heiße Schokolade

So today I have taken a number of pictures – too many (and perhaps too boring!) to share on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. So my random pictures of today’s adventures or ordinary and mundane events are going to be posted on my little blog… Between the pharmacy museum and anatomy museum we stopped to have…

Die drey scheenschte Dääg

Since we first stepped off the tram in Basel I have been noticing masks in many shop windows. My sister informs me that this is in aid of the Basel carnival that is happening next week. According to Wikipedia… The Basler Fasnacht starts on the Monday after Ash Wednesday at precisely 4:00 am with the…