We were unfortunately only 4 participants to the Christmas Market in Basel
: Hartmut, Renate, Martha and me.
We took the 9:34 train and arrived at 11:00 in Basel . There were two
venues. We went first to the Barfüsserplatz and walked around admiring the
various Xmas decorations and picked up a Gingerbread that was offered to us at
one of the stalls by the CFF as a complimentary gift .
We then went to "Zum Gifthüttli" where we had booked a table for lunch
around 1pm. The setting was one of a typical old Basel restaurant and we tried
some specialities of the house for a reasonable price.
After the nice meal, we headed towards the other venue which was located at
Münsterplatz. We prefered the atmosphere of that venue and enjoyed a hot wine to
accompany a raclette that was also offered to us by the CFF.
A last tour through the narrow streets of the old town brought us to the
station to catch the 16:30 train back to Fribourg.
Despite the cold, we enjoyed strolling through the market stalls listening
to the Christmas carols and watching the old merry go round! Gerda |
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