At 8:30 am it was 50°F (11°C) and raining, pretty much our predicted weather for the day.
I left Gundelfingen at 9:25, ETA 10:10. Even with a navigator I could not get to the French side of the Basel-Mulhouse airport. I ended up taking the wrong exit, and going through the TRUCK customs check, onto the Autobahn (which is illegal without a sticker), around Basel and back to France. Five minutes from the airport her cell phone rang: A French airport person calling for Michael, who wanted to know where I was. I instructed him to go to the Swiss side of the airport and said I was almost there.
Five minutes later I pulled up on the Swiss side as Michael was coming out. And I didn't even get to meet him with my "WILLIAM HURT" sign.
We both got lost trying to get to France and ended up in Basel again - with a Navigator trying to help us by routing us through the cargo area of the airport.
Finally we made it to the A5 and home where we settled in with our lap tops and a picnic lunch. It was a ghetto picnic since we had only 3 kinds of cheese (Emmentaler, Gutsdammer, Ziegenfrishkäse). Also strawberries, ham, green olives, black olives, 2 mustards and a warm baguette.
After a respite we headed out to Jacques' Weindepot to stock up for the week. Martin was there to guide Michael though the various whites and rosés.
And finally we agreed on a selection.
We came back home, unloaded our asenal, and chillaxed for a while with Gerald.
After a bit we walked to Chravari in Gundelfingen for Salads, Schnitzel and Schweinehaxe and beer.
After dinner we walked back home, got in our PJs and watched Workaholics and played "Who falls asleep first". I won at 10:00.
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