Much like the weather back in the States, it has been unusually warm and sunny here in Switzerland, so on Saturday, we put our Mustang Movers to good use (thanks for the birthday present KimSquared and MM+PG) by taking at 7.5-mile bike ride out to Augusta Raurica.

Dating back to 44 B.C., Augusta Raurica is an archeological site of Roman ruins just outside of Basel.  There we explored the amphitheatre, the foundations of a temple, an underground well, and a few other ruins.  While the site was very cool – it was interesting that there were modern (and occupied) houses only a stone’s throw away (look closely at the pictures below and you can see what we are talking about).  Typically, one of our favorite parts about visiting ancient establishments is being thrust back into time and imagining what live was like some 2000 years ago.  Unfortunately, having modern structures surrounding the area subdued those feelings.  All things considered, it was an awesome day and definitely worth a trip if you find yourself in or around Basel.

Even though our legs were pretty sore from the bike ride, we realized that because of our future travel plans, Sunday was quite possibly our last opportunity for skiing this season. Consequently, we got up early and headed to Hoch-Ybrig.

Hoch-Ybrig turned out to be an awesome spot – lots of long, open runs and only 2 hours from Basel.  One of the highlights of this trip was Chris breaking his speed goal.  He uses an app called Ski Tracker which tracks the elevation of the mountain, the length of the runs, and (his personal favorite) speed.  This past Sunday, Chris got up to the max speed of …. 60.1 MPH!  Sarah’s only accomplishment was not falling – which for her is just as epic, though obviously less impressive.  We definitely ended an already fantastic ski season on a high note.