No time for blogging ! ! !

The last few weeks we have had a wonderful time with friends we love to meet for meals, coffee, chats, walks, etc. We even went to the movies for the first time since we've been here in Basel. Now that the weather is getting warmer it is great to be able to get out and about and we are all making the most of it.

We've had a few adventures with the trains. Just caught the last train from Basel one Saturday night. I was dressed up to the nines with the stileto's on, etc and couldn't keep up with Roger who bounded up the stairs. Fortunately he kept the train doors open for me until I got there. Too close.....Too scary indeed. We don't fancy spending the night at the Bahnhof when we have a nice bed to sleep in. I've had a couple of weeks of just missing the train and if it's after 8pm at night, that means an hour wait. But, unlike in Australia, I am never worried about being on my own or what might happen to me. Funny isn't it, especially as I am in a foreign country. Walking around at night as a woman on your own just doesn't seem to be a problem here. Just as well, as quite often Roger and I are going our separate ways to catch up with different people and we eventually meet at home.

We've had some wonderful hikes these past couple of weeks. I didn't blog about the walk we led in our area. There were 20 of us on the walk, which was 2.5 hours. Up hill and down dale! Roger and I served a choice of 2 soups and crusty bread after the walk - Zucchini and Chicken and Leek. It started to rain towards the end of the walk, which was a great shame. On a fine day we would have seen the Alps from the Ridge we were on. Anyway, a great time was had by all. Our next walk that we lead will be on Roger's Birthday on 19 May. We are doing a Mystery Walk (decided to call it this as we haven't done it before leading it!!). Should be fun actually and I think we're all quite looking forward to it.

Have had fun in the garden over the last 5 days. We have decorated our front steps and bought 2 standard fuschia's to go either side. Will take a photo to show you sometime. I've had fun with the Hydrangeas, pruning them and cutting out all the dead wood, so now I am waiting patiently for them to green up! Yesterday I went back to Toom (like Bunnings) and bought another pot and a blue hydrangea for the top of our steps. I took the shopping trolley with me and I couldn't believe how polite the drivers were to me on the way home. It brought a smile to my face and a warm fuzzy to my heart! I love 'em!

Twilight Saturday we sat outside near our front steps sipping beer, wine and eating cheese. Herr Bergmann from across the road suddenly appeared with a camera and took many photo's of us. He said we looked very romantic!! We wanted to make the most of the sun before it disappeared for the day.

Will post about Sunday and put up some photo's soon. Am off to have my hair cut now.