Square inside the Rathaus

This beautifully restored City Hall was built in 1501

Christmas time has arrived early - Frick and Basel

December 2nd 2014
The unthinkable happened. I woke up at 9.30 after what seemed to be going into a coma! But it was northern hemisphere time so a good start to a readjustment of time. The morning was spent walking around Frick to get a feel for the place. It is a lovely smallish town, with good amenties, plenty of walking and biking paths and close to excellent train transport to either Basel or Zurich. We immed ... read more

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These blogs were started to record our Europe May to August 2011 trip. The Blogs were great for us to diary each day, for others to follow and for us to review when back home. Several have been published into personal books. And so it has continued adding: Europe - Italy,Switzerland, France, 2011 The Hurunui High Country Walk 2011. Tasmania 2012 Europe 2013 - Austria, Switzerland, France and Ireland. Alps2Ocean and Clutha Bike Trails 2014 A Christmas in Switzerland and Germany 2014 Biking the Danube, the Italian Dolomites and Austrian Lakes 2015 Vancouver, Lake Chelan (Washington S... full info

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