We were up early to catch a train for Basel, Switzerland. There is no direct route from Prague, but we enjoyed that city tremendously and are glad we didn't miss it. The first leg of our trip was to Dresden, Germany, following the beautiful mountainous river valley of the Elbe. We shared a compartment with a family from the extreme northern tip of Norway, far above the Arctic Circle, near the border with Russia. They report there is a U.S. military installation there with a lot of new construction of a major upgrade to their radar surveillance capability. At Dresden (Almost all new since WW2, as the city was famously razed by an intense firestorm from bombing) we connected to a train to Frankfurt, and from there another train down to Basel. The trains were very comfortable, with meal and beverage service to our seats. Wine for Sandy and beer for me cheered up a long trip.
We'd booked ahead for a hotel in the suburbs of Basel, which turned out to be a modest but comfortable spot withing a couple hundred meters of the point where Switzerland, France and Germany meet. We're on the French side.
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