On Saturday, Wils reminded us that he needed a Füller for school on Monday. Thank goodness he said something on Saturday, as all shops are closed on Sunday.
So off we go to Müller's, a local general store, that has a great school supply department, to buy a left handed fountain pen. At the store there are many choices, but the lefties are harder to find so we ask for help. Now asking for help in most US general stores, is tantamount to asking "just show me where the stuff I'm looking for is located" and getting a reply to that request:"over here". Well, in this store, it is not the case. When we asked for help, the saleslady, came over asking if this Wils' first Füller and then slides out a glass table top from the sales rack and precedes to gather several pens for Wils to try. I am snapping pictures of this poor lady to document this cultural exchange, while I know she is thinking we are the craziest Americans she knows.
Wils got his first Füller and is up and off today, after a nice Easter break to give it a try on school work.
A couple of weeks ago I was in Basel, Switzerland for a training meeting. Basel is a beautiful and old city founded by the Celts many years before Christ. so we are talking old, but I have so pics of new randomness that goes along with the old, enjoy:
this is a Xmas shop and it has got to have one of the longest German words I have ever seen. Translated it means: Holynight tree decoration configuration business.
Bikes are all over Basel. It is a major form of transportation...
and parking can be a problem. Check out the sign painted above the bell. Velo (bike) parking forbidden.
pretty iron work on a random door
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