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Last day
in Basel
Monday 16th September
2024
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The brilliant sunshine
that we enjoyed yesterday had disappeared. The sky was grey
and light rain was falling intermittently. Our flight home
was scheduled for 7:00pm so we had to keep ourselves occupied
in the meantime. We only needed to be out of our hotel room
at 12 noon, which allowed us to have a very leisurely morning.
Checking out just before 12 and leaving our luggage with
the hotel, we set off, intending to see what we might have
missed on the other side of the river. |
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We visited a couple
of the big supermarkets in the city, which were interesting.
When we began to get tired, we went back to the Italian/Mediterranean
restaurant where we had had lunch on our first day in the
city. |
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Despite the lovely views
across the river, It was a little cool to sit outside so
we asked to be seated inside. We weren't particularly hungry,
but we managed to enjoy a light pasta dish. The staff were
really friendly and spoke English very well. |
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Returning to the hotel
at 4:00pm, we collected our luggage and walked down the
now familiar path to the tram stop, where we caught a tram
to the railway station. There we transferred to the airport
bus shuttle and were soon on our way to the airport. |
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We approached the airport
from the Swiss side, which is kept separate from the French
side. We found it fascinating that the airport has segregated
entrances and exits, depending on which country you are
approaching from or leaving to, yet once inside the airport
building, the border between the two countries seems to
disappear! We liked the business class lounge, which has
excellent views of the planes. |
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There is an outdoor viewing terrace accessible
from the lounge. Bruce went out to see the arrival of
our plane, but by now it was raining quite steadily, so
he didn't stay out for long.
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Once we took off and
got above the clouds, we were treated to the most beautiful
sunset. What a lovely ending to a very happy holiday! |
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