“I was an outsider before I was a traveler; I was a traveler before I was a writer; I think one led to the other.”
Basel: A Thrash-Punk Crossover of Swiss, German, and French Influence
At the table, I opt for pasta as the slim-suited waiter takes my order. Not because I want pasta. Not because it's the only item on the menu I can identify. But, rather, so I can claim that I ate Italian food in a French restaurant in a German train station in Switzerland.