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Basel & Bern by Train – Part 2, Bern
After visiting Basel we caught the train back to Bern, the capital of Switzerland. As an Australian it is often hard to understand how small some countries in Europe are. Switzerland is about a 6th the size of the state of Victoria. Despite this, Switzerland is broken up into cantons, which are somewhere between a…
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Basel & Bern by Train – Part 1, Basel
After a successful trip to see the Tour de France, our next adventure was a whirlwind whistle stop tour of Bern and Basel. The train wound its way around the edge of the lake leaving Lausanne, before heading north. The cliffs were full of perfectly manicured vineyards and farms.