The place that I most wanted to visit in Basel was the three countries' corner, where the borders of three countries crossed. As I wrote before, the borders between countries are intersting for me and maybe for most Japanese people. We headed for the river Rhine from Basel Bad Bf at first and turned right downstream. The point where we had turned right was thinned out when I drew the route map and our trace isn't drawn accurately, but the pictures on the map was accurately put on the point where they were taken. That is to say, the marks are on our real track. I'm going to show you some of the pictures that I took on the way to the three countries' corner below.
(Vocabulary)
opposite shore 対岸
put off 後回しにする
There was a McDonalds just in front of the station. I wondered if there was no place without a McDonalds in the world. They had tables outside and so did it indicate that they had little rain here?
This is the tram station in front of Basel Bad Bf, but unexpectedly it wasn't busy. Basel was divided into three areas. This German area might not be the center of the city.
This motorcycle looked like it was delivering newspapers. I frequently saw such a small cage towed by bicycles or motorcycles. In some cases, a little kid was in the cage. I thought it was very functional, and wondered why it wasn't popular in Japan.
This is the Congress Center of Basel, which is very famous as the place that many international meetings are held. I was enticed to drop in, but we didn't have enough time and passed by it.
We reached the riverside of the Rhine. We were lucky to have a nice day. The autumnal breeze over the river was really comfortable. I was moved to actually stand by the river Rhine, which I knew from my class of history or geography. We put off crossing the border, I mean the river Rhine, and turned right and headed downstream.
This tiny boat looked like a means of transport between both shores. Needless to say, the opposite shore is Switzerland. There were bridges across the river, so it must have been just for sightseeing.
It was a slope for water-skiing. The Rhine around here must have been a nice spot for water-skiing in summer.
I found a flashy motorcycle on the way. It was a product of a Japanese automobile manufacturer, HONDA.
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