Basel, Switzerland.....

The flight to Amsterdam went well, we both cat napped, but at least enjoyed the food and dessert! We had a long enough layover so that we didn't get stressed out (and also, more importantly, our luggage made it on the same plane that we did!)

Arriving in Basel was interesting as I had forgotten that Basel actually sits at the intersection of three countries (Germany, France and Switzerland).  Apparently, at the airport, you have to remember to go out the correct door -- one leads to taxis going to Switzerland and one takes you to France.   Even though travel books assure you that it is cheap and easy to just hop the bus into Basel, we elected to take the taxi, and are thankful that we could get dropped right at the Radisson Blu.  This is a complicated town to navigate.

Some interesting discoveries in our first few hours:

Mini Taxi -- no, thanks!  Cute, but don't think we would fit, much less our luggage!  We will be mindful of this when we call for a taxi to take us to the boat tomorrow!

We took a short walk and found the way to France.... I think we'll let the boat take us...

And we had a cool surprise waiting on us when we returned to our room!  I highly recommend the chocolate!

Anxious to board tomorrow and set "sail"!