Since we're in the Vacances et voyages section. I shall tell you that students have a break every seven weeks (of classes). So our first break was All Saints Day (from October 25 to November 4th) and here's how I spent my vacation. First of all, Kim (one of the 5 US teachers on exchange, living in Montpellier) and I had planned to spend a few days here in Franche-Comté and the rest in Montpellier (Region: Languedoc-Rouissillon), south France.
While in our four-day-tour of the Franche-Comté region, we visited: Basel, Switzerland; Épinal, Colmar, Belfort, and Beaune (in the Burgundy region - west of Franche-Comté). Below are some pictures we took while in Switzerland.
Eatin' candy- given to us by a bank teller! It was good at first, but we discovered it had a sort of peanut butter mix filling. Pas bien! We went to Basel to see the Autumn market. The Autumn market is just that, a bunch of (sorry for the expression) merchants selling all kinds of merchandise, from candy to leather goods, to toys, to anything you can imagine! It was nice and warm as you can see on the picture above!
Transportation- In Europe, if the city where you live has buses as means of transportation, it means it is not 'modern'. If the city has tramways, it means the city is up to date on transportation. As you see by these pictures, Basel is a very modern city, just look at the colorful tramways they have.
With the looks of the tramway on the left picture; I could only imagine the directions you get if you want to go downtown. "Oh, yeah, take the pig to go downtown." or "The pig will take you downtown."
Bikes - a very popular means of transportation in Europe. Gas is expensive, so any means of transportation other than cars will be good!
Look at this sign for public urinals!
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