switzerland | Basel December 2013

The town we are staying in is wicked close to both Switzerland (and France!) so we decided to go to Switzerland for the day, and settled on going to a little town right on the boarder, Basel. The train ride was about an hour, and we were there in time for lunch. 

^ Josh loves apple cider, so he always gets it wherever we do. He thought this one was especially delicious!

We had no real plans, we just walked around and tried to find all the things that looked cool on the city street maps we'd sometimes see.

Always amused by the fact that so much stuff happened before our little country was even a country.

And when we found this cool mural (also older than the USA), it was the perfect backdrop ...

Are handstands the new planking??

^ Can you see the knight stabbing the dragon thru the head? Awesome.

^ this was the biggest/most impressive Church in Basel, it is right on the river.

On the way back (around 6) our train stopped. For TWO hours! So much for Germans always being on time. On the bright side we were really warm and cozy in the train, on the negative it ruined our dinner plans/ my plans to get some lotion from the store (all stores are closed Sundays). We didn't get back to our hotel till almost 9.

But we did pass the time productively-

Basel was really cute, and a great day trip! It was not very crowded and small enough that we just walked everywhere. Despite the train issue on the way back, it was a pretty perfect day!