| Switzerland and Germany From Basel to the Black Forest |
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| After visiting Alsace but before going to Paris, we made a short stop in Basel, Switzerland to visit a friend of Kendra's from her year in Strasbourg. |
| Basel has such character. The brightly colored and intricately painted city hall proudly displays the Swiss flag bordered on each side by Basel's own. |
| Basel is known as a city of culture especially where art is concerned. This fountain (below) was designed by Tinguely, a man who has a whole museum devoted to his work. The centrepieces are in contant motion and are quite entertaining to watch. |
| And here is Claudia, a great friend and wonderful host, who decided to introduce us to another facet of Swiss cutlure--Raclette... |
| Cheese, cheese and more cheese. We've never eaten so much cheese at one sitting in our lives. It sure was good though! |
| Next stop: the Black Forest right across the border from Switzerland, in Germany (Basel is actually located on the convergence of the Swiss, French and German borders) |
| Neither of us speak German but we both understood this word! |
| Lake Titisee, in the heart of the Black Forest. A beautiful area; the only downside was that it rained almost the whole 5 days we were there. Made for some good pictures though! |