Welcome to Basel, Switzerland!

A snowy Basel zoological garden. Echt schön, geh?                          Swim little penguins, swim!!!  ....please?

Q.  What's wrong with this picture?

A.  Switzerland's in the background. We're in the city centre.

   Now who was it that compared me
   to a seal on land and in the
   water when I walk vs. skate....???




             

        Why did the peacock cross the road?

Febuary 9, 2003.  This is the media pass I got to use for the Canada-Swiss game at the Skoda Cup, one of the higher-level international men's hockey tournaments around here. My coach is a freelance journalist and was covering the earlier Germany-Slovakia game. But with that over and done with, might as well go home, right? No no no, not me. I was impressed at the amount of respect I gained by flashing this little baby.  ^_~

Keep scrolling to see more; check out Kim's page and go to Germany > First two weeks for more (and some repeated) pics.

Lining up for the national anthem. It's been so long!

The opening faceoff.

Yes, we represent the Toronto Star... *shifty eyes* No no, they're actually Swiss. We Canucks are a popular bunch.

The Canadian bench in the closing minutes.

A great view of a packed arena at the end of the game as the teams line up for award presentations. We were the visitors by the way. ^_^

A few Slovakian fans above and a crowd of Swiss cheering on their boys.
Hockey isn't widely popular here, but the fans are die-hard.

Of all the places to meet a
guy from New Brunswick...

 


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