For Mel's birthday we took an early morning flight to Basel, Switzerland. We arrived to a beautiful, cold blue sky day. After checking into our fancy hotel and collecting our free tram/bus passes we headed to Marktplatz where we saw the incredibly bright red sandstone town hall. We spent the afternoon exploring the town, visiting the Münster (big cathedral) and wandering leisurely along the river Rhine. For Mel's birthday dinner we bought wine, chocolate and kebabs and enjoyed them in our hotel, followed by chocolate birthday cake.
The Rhine
Awesome moving fountain
Saturday we hired bikes and made our way to the French border. After narrowly avoiding the motorway a couple of times we crossed the border into St-Louis where we had a picnic lunch (brad was bitterly dissapointed not to get a stamp when we crossed into the EU). Next up was Germany, which we reached by riding over a bridge over the Rhine. We had afternoon tea in Germany then crossed the border again into Switzerland (still no stamp) and made our way back to the hotel in the snow. For dinner we splashed out and went for Swiss cheese fondue. Yum but soooooo much cheese!
Border crossing: Switzerland to France
Border crossing: France to Germany
Border crossing: Germany to Switzerland
Sunday morning we went to the Anatomy museum at the University. It was quite an impressive exhibition. Following that we went for a walk in the forest that borders Switzerland and Germany, stopping for a picnic lunch by a nice little pond and to skim some stones on the river Weise.
Sunday morning we went to the Anatomy museum at the University. It was quite an impressive exhibition. Following that we went for a walk in the forest that borders Switzerland and Germany, stopping for a picnic lunch by a nice little pond and to skim some stones on the river Weise.
River Weise
Sunday evening we crossed back into France where we stayed in a tiny little village called Blotzheim, close to the airport. The buildings in the village are amazing old stone buildings painted all sorts of bright colours.
Sunday evening we crossed back into France where we stayed in a tiny little village called Blotzheim, close to the airport. The buildings in the village are amazing old stone buildings painted all sorts of bright colours.
Crazy building
All up it was a very relaxing, adventurous and enjoyable birthday weekend.
Budget tip: Hotels.com gets you some amazingly fancy hotels for a very small price.
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All up it was a very relaxing, adventurous and enjoyable birthday weekend.
Budget tip: Hotels.com gets you some amazingly fancy hotels for a very small price.
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Location:Switzerland, France, Germany border
