Saturday, September 21, 2013

Europe 2013-Day 10

September 1st – Basel

Weather – overcast and warm.

Margaret-Ann and John disembarked from the S.S. Antoinette for the last time at 9:30 in the morning in Basel, Switzerland, and took a taxi to the Hotel Schweizerhof located right in front of the train station (all set for their early getaway to Lucerne the following day). The room wasn't ready yet so they dropped off their luggage and walked around the old town area for a couple of hours before checking in.

Later in the afternoon they went back and further explored the old town, finishing up with a glass of wine and crêpes for dinner in a very quaint courtyard café before returning to the hotel and turning in for the night.

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Auguste Bartholdi's Strassburger Denkmal (Strasbourg Monument) in Base at the south side of De Wette Park near the railway station. September 1, 2013The Schweizerhof Hotel beside Basel's main train station. September 1, 2013Basel's main train station. September 1, 2013Basel's Wettsteinbrücke across the Rhine River. September 1, 2013Basel's Mittlere Rheinbrücke (Middle Rhine bridge), the oldest existing crossing of the Rhine between Lake Constance and the North Sea. September 1, 2013The Basel Münster, originally a Catholic cathedral and today a reformed Protestant church. September 1, 2013Basiliskenbrunnen (Basilisk fountain) with the Basel Münster in the background. September 1, 2013Basel's five star Grand Hotel Les Trois Rois. September 1, 2013The old town area of Basel, Switzerland. September 1, 2013The Rathaus (City Hall), a five hundred years old building dominating the Marktplatz in Basel. September 1, 2013Basel's Elisabethenkirche. September 1, 2013Elisabethen-Brunnen (Fountain)  near Basel's Elisabethenkirche. Septembedr 1, 2013Decorative wrought iron store sign in Basel. September 1, 2013Basel's main train and tram stations. September 1, 2013Fischmarktbrunnen (Fishmarket fountain) in Basel's Fischmarktplatz. September 1, 2013Picturesque house in Basel. September 1, 2013

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