Time has stood still in Basel since the 1600's. The buildings and cobblestone streets curve, wind, go uphill and downhill. The shops are all one of a kind, offering handmade soaps; custom made jewelry; one-of-a-kind fashions, bags and shoes; candles; and, of course, pastries and chocolates. Renovated industrial factories dating back to the turn of the century (1800 - 1900's) now contain a bicycle factory; a puppet museum; a stone carving workshop; a chocolate factory; a circus school, complete with the high wire; and a micro brewery. Very narrow trams dominate the streets and the transportation system, they have the right-of-way, and cars, all understandably small, can slip in wherever they can.
Today we went to a movie - Alvin and the Chipmunks in English. As an example of how expensive life is in Switzerland, Derek paid the equivalent of $100 for the five of us to get in to the movies. Switzerland is on the honor system, so even though we bought our tickets in a building a block away, we walked into the theater, wandered around to find the right theater room for our movie, and went in - no one anywhere asked to see if we had tickets! After the movie we visited the zoo for the rest of the day. Love, Liz
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From: Liz Meyer <liz.meyer.920@gmail.com>
Date: December 26, 2011 8:02:54 PM GMT+01:00
To: lizmeyer920@hotmail.com
Subject: [Liziz Log] Basel!
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