Swissotel Basel

... After work the man and I headed there (with Lincoln, of course) to see if the electronics store would have any Wiis left. They were selling them for 222 CHF so we knew we didn't have a hope in hell of finding one. The 10 minute drive took over an hour. The mall is beautiful, right down to the parking lot. It is pretty ballsy of them to charge us for parking though. I was really surprised that a shopping mall would do that. I guess that's my North American mind talking.

Basel, Basel, Switzerland travelingdiva

... the gift shop, we went to the pedestrian area and I searched for gnocchi. I did not find gnocchi on any menus but I did find an Alsatian restaurant, so we all had flammkuechen and a refreshing Swiss wheat beer (mom opted for the Swiss wine).

We didn't stay out too late because tomorrow my vacation starts and we are getting up somewhat early to begin our road trip across Austria, which I am really looking forward to!

... un petit stock de chocolat.

La ville est vraiment à voir, ne serait ce que pour la cathédrale, au cloitre plein d'anciennes pierres tombales plutôt curieuses en tuf et pour sa crypte peinte de fresques du XIV° siècle. Un autre truc sympa: le jardin botanique et les serres exotiques, près du Spalentor.. et en plus, c'est gratuit :)

Arrivée à Mulhouse dans l'après midi après 7h00 de train assez éprouvant, ça fait plaisir de retrouver des amis pas vus depuis longtemps. Visite de la vieille ville de Mulhouse le Samedi, la Ville est Assez industrielle, ce n'est aps encore l'Alsace de Carte ...

... br>It was like traveling the world in a few hours! A great time but a bit too crowded. As the night wore on the crowd seemed to grow even bigger, or at least more exuberant. But the atmosphere was very festive and everyone was having a good time.

From what I have been told it is tamer during the day and more geared towards children, but anytime during the festival seems to be a good time out.

... a bottle of water. However there was none in sight so we considered to the ruins. They were not worth the hike! The remains of the amphitheatre are quite modest and under normal circumstances it would have probably been a delightful walk past farmers' fields and quaint village houses but today it was not rewarding in the least.

On the walk back to the car we took a different (and even longer) route past the Sanctuary on Greinmatt. This is where the ...

... program is an American show or movie, so it is in English, and often with German dubbing. However my TV always defaults to the German dubbing and I couldn't figure out how to get it to switch to the English audio. Once we had that figured out we walked down the street to an awesome lounge called eoipso which has a very cool atmosphere. It is housed inside a former factory where they built ship engines so the ceiling is very high and the room is massive. There are ironworks along ...

... back to my room where I was sure I had spotted a sewing kit amongst all the single serve goods in washroom. I sewed my skirt back together and headed off again. It is so warm here! It is 10pm now and 23C. I am loving that. It apparently rained briefly today but I missed it and only experienced warmth and sunshine. My potential future manager is pretty fun. He is French and I love listening to his accent. He lived in Montreal for a few years ...

We are currently in Basel, Switzerland. We needed to get out of Paris, so we hopped on a train and rode through France into Switzerland. Its been snowing a LOT. Kind of wish I would have went skiing as I originally planned, but it would have been expensive and required Lauren to bring another bag, which in turn would have cost me a fee on every flight we took. So, it was easier and cheaper to ...

... steps up to the surface. To our surprie the lift then passed up past us so we waited and sure enough it was working once again. Finally at the surface, we precariously made our way to Gare de l'Est only to find that our TGV to Basel was yet to be allocated a platform. While we waited a large crowd grew around the departures display until the platform was finally announced, some 10 minutes before departure. It was then a mad rush as 2 trains worth of people made their way ...