DAY 5: Möhlin - Breisach

Hello, this is yesterday's blog and it is posted by Broker Senior. We had a long day in front of us so it did not take too much convincing to get Paul out of the sack at a reasonably early time (7.30!) Mind you, our brave landlady in our village B&B was up 2 hours before us to fix breakfast, use the only bathroom before us and be off to work before we had even made it downstairs. This was going to be our last half-day in Switzerland and it had me thinking about what it is that makes the Swiss Swiss. Here I need to tell you that many people who first meet me think that I am Swiss and I have never been quite sure what to make of that, so here are a few thoughts gathered at 20 km/h on average (forgive me if I offend anyone): 1. The Swiss are proud- there is many a swiss flag floating above even the smallest garden patches, something which one understandably rarely sees in Germany, or in France for that matter. 2. They are relaxed and polite: they make eye-contact when you bike by, give you a brief smile, and have their pet german shepherds sit so that you don't end up with a piece of your calf missing 3. They are traditionalist, yet modern: cosy wooden houses sit comfortably next to glassed-up modern structures. 4. They are clean- that we knew 5. we had no encounters with bankers/lawyers or the like so we will leave that bit out 6. Finally and most importantly: do they have a sense of humour?? On my last evening in the local "Gaststube" I had a "Cordon Bleu", imagining the top creation by the establishment's Chef and so I did: pork filet mignon with breadcrumby crust and with melted cheese inside, as light as any dish one could ask for, perfect for cholesterol watchers... So next time someone labels me as Swiss, I will not deny but happily accept that this means I embody all these fabulous attributes. I wonder what Paul thinks of this...and now back to Germany!!