Basel

Today we went to Basel. It is found on the northern edge of Switzerland, bordering both France and Germany. It was a pretty cool place that we want to go back to. We went to a Paper Mill/Museum where we made our own piece of paper, which was the highlight of our visit there. It turns out that if you have taken Printmaking and/or know Mike Atha you've probably seen most of that stuff before. From there we went to a Homer exhibit that was a compilation of many works inspired by the Iliad and the Odyssey. We were lucky to have a really good guide that tied things into popular culture so it made it entertaining for us and easier to understand. Sadly it takes so long to get there and back that that was pretty much all we could do there so we're already planning on going back during our last few days.

We did have some time right after we got off the train to get some lunch. I got a Brat and Whit got a small margarita pizza and then as we were walking around we found me some new swimming shorts that are a really nice European style made of 100% Lycra.


Apparently Basel is one of the hottest place in Switzerland so to help cool the shoppers as they walk around old town they have these semi-transparent sunscreens hanging between the buildings. I love that they have been printed on too, instead of just picking a simple color or whatever. They're very concerned with the overall look of things.

Just a picture of my roommate Jackson while we were on the train leaving. I'm not sure why I'm so happy with how this one turned out. I think it might be the reflection of the sun in his palm. Both of us had our cameras out because as we were coming in we saw some rad graffiti and we were hoping to shoot it but didn't have much luck. The train was slowing down when we were coming in, this time it was speeding up.