This is from when… We were in… With our friends….

Blowing off dust and finding gems. Thread stringing moments and people together. Some threads are barren, some tangled, others are revered.

The country is a 10/10 but it’s $60 for a two hour train ticket. The country is a 10/10 but you can’t camp on the land you own. The country is a 10/10 but you have to pay to use the restrooms whenever you’re out.

Who was Helvetia, the woman who is the national personification of Switzerland? A long time ago, before your grandparents’ grandparents were alive, the Helvetians, or Helvetic Celts, were the first known people to settle what we now call Switzerland. Eventually, the Romans—being the Romans—conquered the area under Julius Caesar in 58 BC, and it became…

In Switzerland there is a small town called Basel. With a population of only one hundred and seventh thousand there are over three dozen museums in the city. This appreciation for art and history was a bedrock for what is now internationally known as Art Basel, a for-profit, privately owned and managed, international art fair….