The Wonderful Life of Mr. WannaB

The Swiss Diaries - Day #1

Finally some time off from work!

The day begun with the usual preparations for a trip: Checking if I had everything I needed on my bag, calling a cab and going to the Airport.

12h00 (local time) - My plane leaves Lisbon. I happen to go seated next to this lady from Oporto who talked the whole flight (2h30). I could have listened to music on my iPod or sleep, but it was a nice chat and the flight seemed to last only minutes.

I arrive in Basel at 15:30 (local time) and am greeted with this lovely and beautifully organized city! Viet picks me up from the airport and we drive to his apartment. What a great feeling it was seeing him again. As I said before, friend worth keeping.

It freezing, but it feels good… strange for me to state that!

We chat a bit at the apartment, catch up on the gossip of each others lives, and leave to take a walk on the city before his dance classes.

17h00 - Viet takes me to this adorable street Christmas fair in the center of Basel, beautifully decorated and the people were so nice there (actually everywhere here!!). I got to eat a delicious cheese pretzel and a German sausage (so to say) at the fair… hummm delicious! Viet tells me not to worry about putting on some wight while on vacation because I’ll spend a lot of calories just to keep myself warm… what a great excuse to eat all the delicious swiss chocolate!!!

18h00 - We stop at a delicious vegetarian restaurant/coffee shop near the academy where he’ll teach the classes and have a nice coup of tea! The place was amazing and, again, the people were very very nice!

19h00 - It’s dance time! wohooo! The last time I did a hiphop dance class was with Viet, in Lisbon, back in August… so you can imagine my physical condition now! There would be 3 classes. I did 1 and a half and had to stop. I was/am so tired!!! The choreographies were divine, as it was expected, and I had a great time! After a while, during the 3rd class, I went out to the Starbucks at the corner to get a Caramel Machiatto (I really hope the getting warm really burns calories!!!!!!!!).

22h30 - We head home to be greeted by sweet Simon, that was cooking us dinner. So good to see him again!

After dinner we sit around watching silly videos on youtube and talking about life, untill the Queer as Folk episode starts on TV. They went quiet with excitement. I was… lost in translation! The whole series was translated to German… SCHEISE!!!

They went to sleep and I came to write!

I’m happy, delighted with my holidays so far. Tomorrow Simon promised me a breakfast at his favorite coffee shop here in Basel and a tour of the city. Later tomorrow we’ll go to Zurich, have dinner with David and go see the Jill Scott concert… I’M SO EXCITED!

Peace and much much warm and fuzzy love