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MaineWriter:
--- Quote from: Penthesilea on September 06, 2008, 11:50:13 am ---
Will do later or tomorrow morning. Busy now. I was just about to log off when I saw your post.
:-*
TDK came out in Germany two weeks ago (and I think does very well here) and I guess that's the connection why they have Heath as cover story right now. I never saw Heath on the cover of any magazine before January. But then, that's not the section I normally would look at. Like I already said, I would have missed this one too, if not for Leslie posting about it.
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I guess I just have Heath-dar or something...LOL.
Now I am in Basel. I just had a semi-strenuous hiking tour of the city (it would have been less strenuous if I was operating on more than two hours of sleep, I think) but even so, it was very nice. The weather is sort of rainy but not pouring. We walked around the old part of the city, saw the famous churches and the City Hall, then took this very funky little ferry across the Rhine. I didn't take any pictures because of the rain so nothing to post, yet. My host and hostess are lovely and my little "apartment" on the top floor of their house is great. Plus, I just figured out how to make the Internet work so now everyone knows I am happy as a clam...
We had delicious Swiss food for lunch (rosti, and veal and mushrooms in cream sauce). Tonight just a light supper and I think it will be early to bed for me!
More later...
L
Meryl:
--- Quote from: LauraGigs on September 06, 2008, 11:36:56 am ---Dude!! Can you give us a rough translation? Please please?
Interesting that he's on a mag cover over there. I figured the press would be pretty quiet about him until either the Oscars or the release of Imaginarium. So give us the scoop, Chrissi !!
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Laura, the cover translates as "The Last Days of Heath Ledger." I'll leave it to Chrissi to let us know what's inside. :)
David In Indy:
--- Quote from: MaineWriter on September 06, 2008, 11:57:43 am ---
We had delicious Swiss food for lunch (rosti, and veal and mushrooms in cream sauce). Tonight just a light supper and I think it will be early to bed for me!
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I had to google rosti because I had no idea what it was! They look like hash browns. Yummy! :D
I'll bet they are really good with a lot of salt on them! :)
David In Indy:
--- Quote from: SunShadow on September 06, 2008, 03:03:18 pm ---Leslie, I have never been to Switzerland, but am living it vicariously. Thank you!
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SUSIE!!! Where have you been? ???
I've missed you! :-*
MaineWriter:
I didn't take these pictures because, like I said, I was too tired to pull my camera out and it was sort of rainy, but I did see these places.
First stop, right after we got off the tram (near the theater)...this very cool fountain. All the objects moved and twirled and the water was squirted out of hoses, poured out of ladles, drained through sieves, etc.
We walked for awhile and then came to the Rathaus (Red House) which is the city hall. In the square in front is the market (not there today though).
This is the Muenster (church) which is famous because...well, I'm not sure why it's famous. A Queen of Austria is buried in there along with a bunch of other people. We couldn't go in for a tour because the church service was just beginning.
The church is up high on the Pfalz (?) to the Rhine. I thought Pfalz was "falls" like waterfalls, but I didn't see any waterfalls! Just a long, long stairway down to the river which is where we got the funky ferry to go across the Rhine. On the other side we were in "little Basel" looking back at "big Basel" which was good because it oriented me to where I just been. Little Basel has some beautiful buildings right along the river with beautiful homes and apartments. My host and hostess assured me that they are *very* expensive but the bad part is that if you walk just a block or two away from the river, you get into a pretty seedy and dangerous area pretty fast. Naturally this is an issue because the folks spending all this money for their luxury apartments don't like not feeling safe if they want to go out for a walk in the evening.
Last this little restaurant...
which is notable because it has been around for ages. The seating is all communal at long tables and it is famous for "the mayor of the city and the man who cleans the streets being able to sit together and talk over dinner."
That's it for now!
L
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