Arriving at Basel during the night, we disembarked the boat , and commenced with a walking tour of Basel city centre. Basel itself has a lot of construction going on but is as expected an older town that still has charm with hills to walk up.
A nice lunch in Basel , which highlighted Switzerland is an expensive country, followed by a shorter bus trip to Zurich for check-in to the Sheraton hotel.
Day 2 was for us a city tour and lake boat ride followed by free walk around town. Andrew and Julie did the Lint factory and a train trip to Lucerne , which was a very good day.
Day 3 a nice slow start then heading to the airport onward to Budapest!
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| Basel - Last stop for Cruise! |
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| Last stop of Boat |
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| Basel walking tour, churchs, city centre. |
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| Town Hall, still in use |
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| Basel is a fairly hilly place, with lots of narrow streets |
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| Older buildings throughout, but also a lot of construction |
Zurich
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| Zurich, a nice city felt a bit like Canberra though a bit soulless with a high population of bankers and politicians/ public servants. |
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| Water in the region is particularly clean , the lake visibility was very good. |
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| Water fountains are throughout, partly due to the clean water all are drinkable. |
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| The lake boat trip , Angela did well, and pleasant but not really exciting. |
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| lots of older buildings in the city as expected. |
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| Final day Zurich before heading to airport, a walk to the river. |
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