July 31st - Day 5

Rheusti and Fried Eggs for Brunch

Today, we spent at home relaxing with family. We had brunch around 11, which consisted of birchemuesli, bread, cheese, rheusti and fried eggs. Rosmarie showed me how she made the rheusti. She cooks the potatoes, whole, in a pressure cooker for about 10 minutes. Then she grates the potatoes - it works best with hard potatoes. She fries some onion in oil and adds the grated potatoes, adds salt and leaves to brown in the pan. She flips the potatoes once or twice. Basically, hash browns!

This afternoon Sara, Thomas and Lucas took a swim in the Rhine. The water was 67 degrees...a lot colder than our pool back at home (it was reading 84 degrees, when I left home). I hope to go in tomorrow - how can I have a chance to swim in the Rhine and not partake? I wonder if the water will warm up tonight at all.....

Tonight we ate a nice dinner consisting of risotto (cooked with apple wine and chicken boullion. Marscarpone and grated cheese added to the mix at the end), beef medallions topped off with proscuitto and salvia, and steamed carrots.

I ended the day with a walk through the quaint town of Rheinfelden. I said "gretzi mitinan" (greetings)  to all that I passed. Not one person looked at me strangely - getting the courage to speak a different language can be daunting. But I'm getting there!