Loving the Weekend

What have you been up to this weekend? We have had a great one, very relaxing. Some times you don't need to climb a mountain or do something very spectacular in any way. Variation as in most cases is nice. Last weekend we did climb mountain peaks and this one we enjoyed some quiet quality moments at home. Friday we watched the Swedish movie "Hundråringen som klev ut genom fönstret". I have not read the book but enjoyed the movie. It made me laugh several times. C has read the book and says as usual they miss out a lot of the good stuff from the book.

Saturday we had some rain showers. We keep changing our plans. First we thought about driving to Mannheim in Germany (2.5 hours drive from Basel). We heard about an awesome sport shop there. Then we felt a little lazy making that far drive so we googled around and found an outlet outside of Basel about an hours drive away. We did not find anything particular there but did find us both each a light weight rain jackets perfect for both hiking and biking that were both on sale. 

Sunday turned out very nice and actually pretty sunny and all. Cleaned up our porch a bit. Had some boxes with plants that just looked wilted and sad. Removed those, dusted and brushed.

 My very favorite thing about weekends are sleeping in and then enjoying a loooong and yummy breakfast. I am a real breakfast fan. If there was one meal I would chose to go with for the rest of my life my pick would be easy. Fresh fruit and berries, wonderful assorted breads, and a great selection of cheese and cold cuts. Love love love. 

Weekends I like to cook something that is allowed to take more time and that is a little more special. I like to set the table in a nice way and to use the nice wine glasses. Weekend dinners with good food, good wine and longer conversations is also something that I love. 

Made a delicious seafood risotto. Sundays as shops are closed is a slow day here. A day for a cultural visit to a museum or for activities such a walk, a hike, a bike ride or just a nice road trip somewhere. Our Sunday evenings we usually end with a movie and Sunday dessert of some kind. I have slowly come to appreciate the slow and quiet Sundays here. It makes you enjoy the outdoors more and also requires you to come up with something more interesting than just consuming and spending.

 We drove up to this castle ruin just across the French border. The oldest part being from the 13-hundreds. A popular picnick spot for families as we saw many families with young kids there. Quite a nice view over the fields and country side. 

Today I am off to my first German class for the semester here in Basel.