Swiss Weekend

Seeing Brian and Amy in Switzerland = Cool

Biggest snowstorm in Basel since 1934 = Not Cool

All in all though, not that big a deal, just had to take our time with the car a little bit. Been a while since I shoveled snow though.

We spent the day Saturday at the home of Brian's sister Chele and her husband Thomi. They had two VERY cute little daughters Olivia and Jillian that were good for a lot of entertainment since we were snowed in. They made us a great dinner, we played a lot of Twister and then shared some wine and plum brandy - i do not like plum brandy....

Sunday we headed to the Fassnacht parade in Thomi's hometown of Pratteln right near Basel. It was much like the Karneval in Mainz that I was at but MUCH more family oriented. No roving hordes of hammered teenagers at this one. Just a chain of about 50 floats, bands etc. that goes around the parade route a couple of times and tosses everything from candy and fruit to Cup o' Noodles and Beer Coasters. You also get pelted with a boatload of confetti. good times.

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THESE people will be here this weekend

Kelli and I can not wait to pick up BR and Cory Saturday morning. We'll be hitting Strasbourg, France - Bavaria and Prague in about 8 days next week. Lots of pics and stories to come.