March of the bloggers
Perhaps one reason it was such a nice day today was because we had visitors who were kind enough to bring the nice weather with them. We had met Ms Mac, Mr Mac and their boys when they visited Basel last fall, and thought it would be fun to get together again ohne Kinder. So they paid us another visit in Basel, and this time brought Heather (who was exceedingly modest about her Best Swiss Blog award) and Mr H with them.
Since it was such a nice day every outdoor table in Basel seemed to be taken. Still, we found a little place we've enjoyed before where there weren't seats available outside, but by some miracle they actually had a non-smoking section, and our very nice waitress offered to try to find us a seat outside. Sure enough, before we had even finished looking at the menu we were able to relocate to the courtyard, where I'm sure everyone appreciated the echoing voices of two Yanks, two Brits, an Aussie and a Scot having lots of boisterous conversation and laughs. It was a really fun afternoon (and we hardly talked about blogging, although it's always just a bit strange that you know things about each other when you've hardly met), although we unfortunately had to abandon them to the shops of downtown Basel because Gretchen fades quickly these days (the last time the Macs were in town I had to go home early with a stomach ache, so I fear we may be getting a reputation for being lame). Sitting outside with a beer on a nice day with good company and uncharacteristically friendly service--not a bad way to spend an afternoon! And now we'll close the day by watching the March of the Penguins DVD, which I haven't seen yet because the English version wasn't shown here...
Since it was such a nice day every outdoor table in Basel seemed to be taken. Still, we found a little place we've enjoyed before where there weren't seats available outside, but by some miracle they actually had a non-smoking section, and our very nice waitress offered to try to find us a seat outside. Sure enough, before we had even finished looking at the menu we were able to relocate to the courtyard, where I'm sure everyone appreciated the echoing voices of two Yanks, two Brits, an Aussie and a Scot having lots of boisterous conversation and laughs. It was a really fun afternoon (and we hardly talked about blogging, although it's always just a bit strange that you know things about each other when you've hardly met), although we unfortunately had to abandon them to the shops of downtown Basel because Gretchen fades quickly these days (the last time the Macs were in town I had to go home early with a stomach ache, so I fear we may be getting a reputation for being lame). Sitting outside with a beer on a nice day with good company and uncharacteristically friendly service--not a bad way to spend an afternoon! And now we'll close the day by watching the March of the Penguins DVD, which I haven't seen yet because the English version wasn't shown here...
<< Home