to Basel

made two trips to Basel, on two cosnecutive days, due to the car needing repair most urgently. Anyway, this showed me that eating can also be done on the go, more or less picknick like, and that's it - what a relieving thought. Why am I so occupied with cooking, planning etc at home and just take what's there, what is the best possible choice, when on the road? Sounds like a maximizer at home and a satisficer elsewhere, with a zest of a prefectionist when it comes to preparing the best food, the healthiest dish etc. Anyway - on Wednesday I went alone and hung aroun in the library and bookshop - with a late lunch at Ikea (salmon salad ans a book as a side dish), on Thursday Friederike came along and we had a good time. Had a coffee (resp. ice cream) in Weil, took the bus across the border, went to Fondation beyeler and enjoyed all the contemporary art, making jokes, trying to find explanations... then went to Riehen because we felt hungry, picked some things at Migros and had a pick nick on a bench. Dashed into the toy museum and then had a short walk across Hörnli cemetary (disappointing in a way... not inciting to dream or meditate about death, just very matter of fact).