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Basel Slideshow
Basel
Travel Blogs from Basel, Switzerland
Calais to Basel
... a load of teenagers who muttered something none of us understood as we walked by. There was an art festival in Basel and therefore people were walking around with passes around their necks and instruments. so we probably fitted in quite well. As we ...
And to All a Good Night!
... This morning we woke up to find a special gift of a very large chocolate Santa for each of us! We arrived in Basel, Switzerland’s third largest city, early in the morning after traveling through eight locks during the night. ...
Feb 12, 2011
Basel, Switzerland
10:40am I'm on a train yet again, this time I'm headed to Strasbourg France. Basel was wonderful, it was a nice quaint little city. When we got there luckily we didn't have too far to haul our luggage. we stayed at the YMCA ...
Zurich - Basel - Himmelried
... real estate in Europe (EUR1million/square m!). At 11.34am we had done enough and were tired of walking and we caught the train to Basel (where it was beautiful and sunny) arriving at 12.27pm. Fiona picked us up from the station and took us back to their ...
Maulbeerstraße
... - I have the TV and overnight access to the fridge in the case of emergency. We do have a number of people to visit between Switzerland and Germany, and on this evening we were in for a trip to the foot of the Black Forest, to the village of ...
Rain oday
... tonite as the English and Swiss Soccer teams are playing for the European Cup. Tomorrow we will explore a small part of Switzerland before heading to Milan. Each day whilst driving we wonder what on earth we would have done without our ...
Made in Switzerland
... rain, I could now see the morning sun appearing over central Europe. Hopefully, the sky would also be clear in Italy. Basel, Switzerland The train finally arrived at the ultra-modern station in Basel, Switzerland at 6:51AM. I had but 17 minutes to ...
goodbye Basel
... . Dinner is at 7 tonight. Otherwise, just get settled in and learn the ship. Yesterday was our last full day in Basel and we used it to rest and regroup. We went back to Marketplatz for a late breakfast, shopped awhile, and then went on ...
Another day of nothing....
Day 62 Saturday 26th June Today was much like yesterday. Mostly just watching the tennis and football on tv – good to catch up and feel like I'm not out of the loop. The boys went down to the pools for a swim and some beers, while I spoke to ...
A cruisey day in Basel
... UK and off on the next trip. I can't wait til Greece, summer island holiday here we come. Today we headed into Basel, about a 15 minute walk from Toms house and had a good look around. Besides everything being ridiculously expensive, it was quite a ...
The KEY to my Travels
... a little of the Beef Tartar that Linda ordered which I found surprisingly good, with a funky texture. Delish! Switzerland is also known for the Alps, and although I have never been skiing, I decided to take advantage of the ...
Doctor Lingo - article to supplement last entry!
You're really ill if a doctor rates you GPO 532 words 6 September 2003 Herald-Sun 1 - FIRST 53 English (c) 2003 Herald and Weekly Times Limited THE DOCTOR purses his lips, looks at you with pity over his half-moon spectacles and writes something ...
Getting organised
... ; The weather today is great, supposedly a high of 15, but feels much warmer in the brilliant sun. The countryside heading South East of Basel is incredibly green- no pictures as yet as we're racing to get to park for the night we're reaching the point at ...
Switzerland - the far north
... lives in Basel. They met while working at Purdue when Eleida was in college and afterwards Andy returned to his native Switzerland. He now works in Basel for a pharmaceutical company. We planned to meet after the workday so he could give me a tour of the ...
Home or Bust!
... to the hotel and then enjoy Zurich for the day. Then fly home tomorrow. Pray for Plan A. The bus ride from Basel to Zurich was a little over an hour long. Pretty countryside; sunshine and spring weather. We brace ourself for the ...
One for the Sax Lovers
... means, I got the chance to check out Eric Marienthal (one of the best sax players alive today) playing some jazz fusion down in Basel. BIG THANKS to my friend back home for pointing out that he would be playing (only found out the day before)! Anyway, I ...
Sleeping under the Eiger - we think!
Drive into the night so we can wake up under the Eiger. Throw our sleeping bags out in a car park.....and wake up to find we're under the wrong bloody mountain! Feck :) Looks awesome (only a few minutes down the road). Then hit the road for ...
Bustling melting pot on the Rhine
From Vaduz, we crossed into Switzerland and drove clear across the country to Basel in the northwest. Basel straddles the Rhine river at the point where Switzerland meets both France and Germany. Though only a mid-sized city, Basel feels very cosmopolitan ...
Visiting Priska and Markus in Switzerland
June 28, 2010 We finally got to Bubendorf, a lovely little village in Switzerland, where Priska and Markus live with their two children. Priska was an exchange student living with us in 1983/84. Bubendorf is a bit past Basel and just ten minutes from ...