Our ship docked in Amsterdam quite early so we disembarked and made our way to Schipol Airport where we caught a KLM flight to Basel_Mulhouse airport. Got a taxi to our AirBNB in Mulhouse which is on the French side of this lovely city. The apartment was really lovely but is had a church next door which had bells that chimed on the hour and was very unsettling at night.
Basel is a city on the Rhine River in northwest Switzerland, close to the country’s borders with France and Germany. Its medieval old town centers around Marktplatz, dominated by the 16th-century, red-sandstone Town Hall. Its 12th-century Gothic cathedral has city views, and contains the tomb of the 16th-century Dutch scholar, Erasmus. The city’s university houses some of Erasmus’ works.
One of the strangest things that the Baselites do on a sunny day is to float down the Rhine River which is quite fast flowing. The city even has a ferry that uses the current to traverse from one side of the river to the other bank. We had a delightful lunch at a restaurant on the river bank and then went to explore the city. We spent 2 days here and then picked up our hire car and travelled to Stansstad.
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| Mike,Sue and Jan on a Rhine river bridge |
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| in a Basel Street |
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| sunbaking on the Rhine |
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| in front of the Basel Stadhaus |
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| Toast to a lovely meal in our apartment |
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| the ferry carrying people across the Rhine |
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| MIke the ever patient man |
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| View across the river |
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| the church that rangs its bells all night!!!! |
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| Lunching in Basel |
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| picture of the veiew acress the river |
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