Tuesday, November 17, 2009

A Weekend of Vineyards & Castles

I love weekends.
Well, who doesn’t?
It starts off slowly – with some nice coffee, a walk and a little fun at the local playground.
It is so nice to have Robert home, in fact, it is so nice that I am thinking of getting this 5 days of work - 2 days of play thing changed.
Who invented that anyway?

And I love Basel, and vineyards, castles and hikes.
Shoot, I love everything today, except for the fact that it is only day 2 of the 5 day work week.


In 10 short minutes we can take a tram to a sweet little, fairytale of a village where little hobbit people live and animals trot through green pastures. We then hike to castles from so long ago I cannot even fathom, all the while breathing fresh air and loving life.
And then, we meander down through vineyards to get some true appreciation for the red or white stuff we love to sip slowly on the weekends.
I love this place and I love weekends.
Vineyards and Farms...

Entrance to one of the castles...

Heather, Noah & Robert at one of the castles...there were three on our hike...

Fall leaves...

Old bridges leading to the castle...
It is getting dark...
Family shot at the top of the castle...

Sweet village of Muttenz...

Heather, Robert & Noah hiking...

Boys at the castle...

A cool pattern left by the wind...

View from the castle window...

I just loved this piece of art...it spoke to me...no one else, just me...
Views of the vineyards...our own little Napa..


Grapes and views....

Ready to be picked...

Family shot among the vineyards...no tasting on this hike...



Cool shot Robert took...

Little hobbit people not pictured...

1 comment:

Erin said...

love this post and all its photos...you'll have to show me the little hobbit people on our next hike. ;)

and i really like the sculpture of the woman, as well. beautiful!