July 29, 2011 - Day 3

Berchemeusli

Today we visited my aunts who live in nearby Basel. We then met with Angela (cousin's daughter) and toured the city of Basel. First thing we did was find some lunch (of course!). We purchased some sandwiches from a roadside vendor and headed down to the rhine river to eat. Honestly, these sandwiches were amazing! I think it's the European bread that makes them so incredibly good. My sandwich had tomatoes, fresh mozzarella and mayo - very similar to what we make at the store. But the bread, OMG - incredible. If we could make/get this bread in Mendon, wow ~ we would have a line....really.

We then went to a church which was built in 1400 - Munster Church. All was great until Thomas had us go up to the bell tower. Since I am afraid of heights, it became a problem. I was "plastered" to the side of the church while the rest of the group went even higher. I am not kidding, I was out of mind with fright - being scared of heights is dreadful and uncontrollable. However, I guess if I was smart and stayed on the ground, it wouldn't have been such an issue. From Sara's pictures, the view was breathtaking. For me the height definitely took my breath away - I really didn't appreciate the view.  We stopped at a chocolate store and bought some fantastic Swiss chocolate. We came home for dinner and made berchemuesli - which we are already very familiar with. This meal consists of oatmeal, yogurt, fresh fruit, milk and some sugar. It doesn't look very good - but is really quite good. Our whole family enjoys it and we already eat this back home. Of course, dinner was served with some more Swiss bread. I've decided to buy bread mix to bring home, so that I can put it in my breadmaker when I am craving something European.