My web site has been

My web site has been down since I got to Europe, so I haven't written anything since that first day. But suffice to say, we have been busy. Been going all over this country! It's really not that big.

Dairy here is the best. We ate this stuff called "double cream." It's just cream, I guess, but thicker than yogurt. So rich! You can put it in your coffee, or on meringue, which is the best. Or eat it straight. Double cream is a real highlight of the trip, so far. Weird, I know.

We spent the other day in Basel, which is a nice-sized city in the north of Switzerland, right on the border with France and Germany. You can walk to either of those countries from Basel. This city was way smaller than Portland, but seemed to have far more art. The Rhine River runs through, and there's easy access to it. Between each of the bridges, there's a ferry you can take across. Like Vera's legendary "river taxis," but actually real. It felt like the "European city" everyone talks about. Really compact and easy to walk around. Streetcars that go to all parts of town. Plenty of public art and art museums. All in all, it felt like it had as much to offer as Portland, culturally, even though it is far smaller (165,000 residents). Wow. I could definitely live there.

I have pictures to post, but I've had very limited computer time, so I will have to get to them later.