EUROPE : GERMANY, SWITZERLAND, FRANCE : Day 17

Day 17 : SUNDAY : 9th October.  Another frosty morning with a heavy mist hanging around.  We left our accommodation at around 10.30am for the short walk to the station,

bought tickets for the train

 which arrived one minute early, the tram was at the station when we arrived for the changeover but was not due to leave until 12 minutes later, which we didn't mind, it was much warmer sitting waiting inside the tram than waiting on the platform and on our arrival in Basel we had just 6 minutes to wait for the bus to Saint Louis.  The changeovers all went smoothly meaning that we were in three countries in less than an hour.  Our hotel is not far from the airport and we have a taxi booked for 4.00am on Monday to take us there.  So....if our flight is on time tomorrow we will arrive in Athens less than 24 hours after leaving Germany, which means we will be in 4 countries in one day.  We have now said goodbye to Germany and Switzerland and will spend our last night in Western Europe in France.  There is nothing much to see or do in this area, Saint Louis is not a tourist town but has a few interesting buildings,

such as this hotel

a War Memorial

and the Railway Station.

After checking in to our hotel, we went for a walk down the main street, had a kebab each for lunch, found a bar/cafe open and had coffee/beer, returned to the hotel for a rest and snooze, and later went back to the same cafe for a light evening meal.  Showers and an early night are on the cards now, looking forward to being back in the warm weather in Greece, and to catching up with Marion who will be joining us from England for the next week.