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GODDARD BASEL ADVENTURES
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A long, long time ago, in 1777
Happy to have our roaming Mama and Wifey back from Ireland on a Roche site visit we decided to treat ourselves and eat out in Basel at...
Steve
Feb 24, 20191 min read
Isn't All History Natural?
It was wet and windy and Hayley was a birthday playdate and Andi was still out of town. Ryan and I hit the Basel Natural History museum...
Steve
Feb 10, 20192 min read
To Bowldly Go
Hayley had another birthday party bash this weekend. On this occasion it was a joint collaboration of Sophia and Emily. She was super...
Steve
Feb 10, 20191 min read
MarktHalle
Post water play as most people will be all too aware leaves you with a large appetite. We headed to the MarktHalle which has the...
steve
Feb 9, 20191 min read
Letting things slide
After a seriously tough week of work, single parenting due to Andi's travel to the USA combined with Ryan having a bumper crop of...
Steve
Feb 9, 20191 min read
Toys R Old
One of the close by adventures in the town of Basel we had yet to descend on was the toy museum. Well, as it happened, a perfect...
Steve
Feb 3, 20192 min read
Holiday Season Begins....
It is the start of the holiday season and what that brings to Basel
Steve
Dec 15, 20181 min read
Winter Sports Weekend Warriors
Winter is almost upon us, the Swiss had enforced all cars onto their winters tired a couple of weeks earlier. This meant a quick...
Steve
Dec 9, 20181 min read
Birthday Babe
Since it was a regular work week Andi and I both took a PTO day for Andi's birthday. We celebrated with some choice adult time visiting...
Steve
Nov 21, 20181 min read
Snow days are good days
This week we had the first real dump of snow when the air temperature dropped about 10 degrees from the previous week. The kids were...
Steve
Nov 20, 20181 min read
IKEA recruiting build masters
The usual IKEA build masters for the home improvements started to rebel and become somewhat surly. Therefore to continue the home...
Steve
Nov 11, 20181 min read
Dinner with a scary movie night
Italy beckoned, for dinner at least in Basel. A good Italian restaurant in the downtown featured some good cheese pizza and a mobile...
Steve
Nov 11, 20181 min read
The first cut is the shortest...
Ryan was long overdue for an update on his hair style which resembled that of a shaggy dog. He instructed us that he liked the previous...
Steve
Nov 4, 20181 min read
Its a fair cop
Herbstmesse or Basel Fall Fair The 548th Herbstmesse is the oldest and largest fair in Switzerland. We visited the fair on 2 occasions so...
Steve
Nov 4, 20182 min read
Münsterplatz and the Münster
Steve had headed to Beijing for work, and was unfortunate to miss out on the tour of the Basel Münster. Here is a link to some more...
Steve
Oct 21, 20181 min read
Pepper toys
Yesterday, while I was distracted working, Pepper was quietly entertaining herself with clothing left lying around by the youngsters. It...
Steve
Oct 8, 20181 min read
Birthday Party Swiss Mega Park
Hayley had her first invitation to a birthday party for a school friend. It was taking place about a 30 minute drive away at the Swiss...
Steve
Oct 7, 20181 min read
Tierpark and Wiese river
On bright and sunny family day in Basel was an opportunity to explore a local animal park which Andi and Pepper had not been too and was...
Steve
Oct 7, 20181 min read
One slip, two trips and no submissions
It has been a rough couple of weeks for running lately. The weather has been consistently beyond the normal temperatures here in Basel....
Steve
Aug 28, 20182 min read
Building the furniture
Now I have acquired some useful tools such as screwdrivers of various types and sizes, we can put together the IKEA furniture we bought....
Steve
Aug 26, 20181 min read
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