We started our day heading to the train station at 9:40 - and waited for the departure at 10:21 am. It would be a 4 hour trip making a stop & change of train in Zurich. The train was very nice...probably the nicest train we have boarded. Very comfortable seats...enough luggage area for everyone to park the suitcases between seats and overhead.
We found our seats and got comfortable. The ride was very pleasant and it is fun to just relax, look out the window and enjoy the beauty as we ride past village after village...seeing really pretty lakes and the mountains...always the gorgeous mountains of Austria!
We had a very quick change ( 10 minutes) from the one train to the other one...and the reason was our train leaving Innsbruck was was late into the station - thus causing this connection to be a bit tight!
BUT Nick & I did the "huzzle" and we made it...just in time! We enjoyed a nice chat with "Julia" who spoke her English really well! She was heading back to Hanover after visiting her boyfriend in Zurich for the weekend.
So off we went again for another 50 minutes to Basel ~ We arrived into Basel at 3 pm and took our time to get off and sit in a coffee shop to decide where we would go next!
Nick left me in the coffee shop and he went off hunting down a hotel...and there are usually many around the train stations in Europe. So within 40 min he was back and off we went down the street to the hotel. We are becoming quite good at this....suitcases on wheels...backpacks on the back...and then carrying our smaller backpacks on our suitcase....!
We checked in and was glad to settle for the evening! We did go back to the station to inquire about a train ride along the Rhine River???? Is there one?
YES! She said...cool....so we are taking it along the Rhine & then end the 4 hour trip in Frankfurt. Nick has been there long ago with the family and wanted to go see it again!
So that is the plan...tomorrow we head out again...to Frankfurt...we have decided not to stay in Basel - it is pretty expensive here in Switzerland...they are not part of the Euro - still using the francs.
We went out for dinner - taking the tram to the center and enjoyed a stroll through the old streets of Basel...and had a bite to eat...again Sunday evening and everyone is out for a stroll enjoying a cup of coffee or a drink of coffee or a glass of wine or beer...just walking the downtown area...and many terraces are filled with people enjoying their Sunday evening!
This is a coffee shop at the train station! Yes lots of these cute places - to pick a sandwich up and a snack for the trip going or arrival!
Loaded up with suitcases...and squeezing into a elevator ~ We are always thankful to have a hotel close by the train station...so we do not have to go far lugging them! It has worked out nicely and most train stations are located close by the center of town...so we can walk it! Convenient!
Oh Pol ~ we saw the Olympic area from a distance...but it just didn't work out to even go there! We had to return the car rental - we had been a bit tired - and just needed to rest in the hotel before getting on the train again the next morning! So this picture is for you...at a far distance you can see this!!!!
We took the tram into town ...and it was a very nice one...4 trams connected - Wow!
Basel Switzerland - A old town on the Rhine ~
All made from sugar....done so well...everyone stopped to look at it...I got curious 'what" they were looking at?? So now I see....it was a chocolate shop! And this was a vey big rose indeed!!
You can hear the different languages being spoken...and I am understanding German more then I realize...it is fun to decipher the language!
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