my excuse slip

Sorry for the radio silence lately.

I feel like I need my parents or JB to write me an excuse.

I loved to skip school, and generally always reached my quota for the semester in high school.

that says very little for the high school i went to since i would get all A's... 

my parents egged me on, and i guess if i was a different kid, they'd have forced me to go.

my mom would say, let's go to the beach.  my dad would say, let's go to lunch.

a few times my father wrote me a note and then when I turned it in to the front office, it wouldn't say "excuse my daughter, for she was sick/had an appointment/etc."

it would say:
"excuse my daughter for being the sweetest girl in the whole world".  

dads. they are the best.

and the next best thing to having your mom visit, would have to be her best friends.

that's a good excuse for my lack of blogging? right? (:

My 3 southern mamas have been in town and we have been having the very best time.

They are now back home and I am currently missing them something serious.

I cannot remember when i have laughed so hard, so often.  Like many of you, laughter through tears is my favorite emotion.   I was caught doing just that a couple times a day for the past week ... so much so that it was pointless to wear mascara.  

best ab workout ever.  followed by stuffing my face with every pastry known to man. 

We had some excellent Basel days and I thought I'd walk you through our time here so if you ever decide to hop over to Basel you will have an excellent time too.

They stayed at the Hotel Steinenschanze, which i give ten thumbs up to!   

Big breakfasts, helpful staff, clean rooms, free bus/tram tickets, and free coffee, tea, wine, whenever you'd like.  So if you are staying the night here  and your budget allows, stay here.  

Day 1: 

We ate at a little mediterranean place for lunch on grunpfahlasasse

recovered from jet lag

dinner at lowenzorn

Day 2:

  Petersplatz flea market

lunch at tapas del mar

walked over the rhine

high tea at Le Trois Rois

Day 3:  

Vintage Tram ride through Basel

SoMa Market in klein basel

Lunch in Merian Park

Mass  (in german!)

dinner again at tapas del mar 

The other days were spent doing day trips.  

But we also squeezed in a few things on our evenings and mornings in Basel.

Cheese Shopping

Cheese and Meat plates at Consum

 Swiss Chocolate Shopping

Day Trips we took:

Colmar, France

for french cuisine at La Table Du Brocanteur  
antique shopping

 

Lucerne, Switzerland

Lunch at Hotel Montana

Boat cruise on lake lucerne

Zurich, Switzerland 

 shopping along Banhofstrasse

Oh so much fun.

we made memories i will look back on and laugh at all over again for years to come. 

xoxox