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!