Basel Day One

Day one: happy accidents. Our first happy accident was that Air France lost Howie's luggage. We still don't have it. With a brief visit to H&M, Howie had a  chance to experience the high cost of living in Basel.  

Our hotel, The Movenpick is new, modern and wonderful...we recommend it highly.  The views from our room are breathtaking.  

 We took a long walk and ended up at the Tinguely fountain.

Then we practiced riding the tram (you get a Basel card free from the hotel that allows you to ride the tram for free and get discounts at museums.)

Dinner, a five minute walk from the hotel, was a cozy Swiss restaurant with cheese fondue (with gluten-free bread), veal cordon bleu, and roasted potatoes with cheese and ham.  When I made the reservation I learned that it was Allen's birthday. Allen was our waiter. As typical loud Americans, we sang him Happy Birthday in 3 part harmony. Allen brought us some lemoncello as a surprise. 

Dinner was a delight in every way.

We were a little tipsy after dinner but stumbled our way to a chocolate shop for some Swiss chocolate to enjoy with a night cap back at the hotel. We declare Day 1 a success!!