Basler Fasnacht

The Carnival of Basel (Basler Fasnacht) is the biggest carnival in Switzerland and takes place annually between February and March in Basel. The carnival lasts for exactly 72 hour starts on Monday morning at 4 AM and ends on Thursday morning at 4 AM. Unlike the Carnival celebrations held in other cities on the Rhine, the Basel Carnival features a  clear and well maintained separation between participants and the spectators who line the streets. Anish had a wonderful time with the parade and collected lot of gifts and chocolates and it was indeed a great time.

Cheers,

Sathish Kumar S

Anish 7th Birthday

Time really flies away. Anish is already seven years old. We celebrated his birthday with his friends from school and neighbours in Swiss Mega Park. Since he is a leap year kid born on 29^th Feb 2012, his actual first birthday was on 2016 where we celebrated in Grand Canyon and next one comes in 2020. He will always be a young kid. When he is 80 years old, he will only 20 years old ;) Thanks to each and every one who enlightened the birthday function and made it a memorable day.

Cheers,

Sathish Kumar S

St. Jakob's Stadium, Basel

St.Jakobs stadium in Basel is the largest football venue in Switzerland and home to FC Basel. Joggeli is the nickname given by the locals and has a capacity of around 38,000. Anish and I went for an international match between Switzerland and Denmark with our friend Florian. The match was completely dominated by Switzerland till the 90th minute with leading 3 goals to nil. We left the stadium in 90th minute and could you believe it, Denmark equalized the match with next 3 goals  in the extra minutes. It was totally crazy to see the result when we reached home it was 3-3. We also saw another match between FC Basel and FC Eindhoven and it ended in a draw with a scoreline of 1-1.

Cheers,
Sathish Kumar S

Roetteln Castle

Roetteln Castle is one of the beautiful castle in Loerrach which is around 10 kms from the city of Basel. Recently we had a chance to celebrate our good friend Iva's birthday in this castle. The ruins of the castle are situated in a forested hill 422 m above the sea level and its third largest castle ruin in Baden. One gets a panoramic view of the city of Loerrach from the top of the castle. The castle has probably existed since the beginning of 11th century. The Basel earthquake of 1356 destroyed large portions of the city and the castle suffered severe damage. It has lush green fields nearby and a perfect place to be when the sun shines.

Cheers,

Sathish Kumar S

Automobile Museum, Mulhouse, France

Recently we had a chance to visit Automobile museum located in Mulhouse, France which is around 30 minutes’ drive from Basel. It has the largest displayed collection of automobiles and contains the largest and most comprehensive collection of Bugatti motor vehicles in the world. At the entrance, visitors are given audio guide in their chosen language. The tour has been enhanced by new sections, films, driving simulators, robots and attractions such as sound programmes. It’s a great place to hangout for half a day for a short picnic.

Cheers,

Sathish Kumar S

Reigoldswil, Schweiz

Reigoldswil is a municipality in the district of Waldenburg in the canton of Basel-country in Switzerland. It’s just around 509m high but one gets a panoramic view of the Basel city from the top. There is a cable car which takes to the top and it’s a good location for ice sledging during winter times. It’s a good place for a short picnic when the sun shines with snow cover all around. Good thing is this place is not so touristic and one can have lot of fun with the family.

Cheers,

Sathish Kumar S

Trier, Germany

During our trip to Luxembourg, we had a chance to beautiful city Trier which is located on the banks of Moselle in Germany. It was the birth place of Karl Marx. Porta Nigra, Cathedral of Trier, Electoral Palace are some of the important places to cover in Trier. It was heavily bombed and bombarded during the second world war. It’s a student city with lot of young population from the University of Trier. One should definitely visit Trier when they visit Luxembourg which is around hour’s drive from the Luxembourg city.

Cheers,

Sathish Kumar S

Luxembourg City

Luxembourg is a small landlocked country in Western Europe, Luxembourg City its capital is one of the four official capitals of European Union. We had a chance to explore this lovely city during our Easter holidays. Vianden castle, Bourscheid Castle, Renaissance Castle Beaufort are must see castles in Luxembourg city. One of my MBA friend Angel was living in Luxembourg and we had a chance to catch up with his family after a very long time. Can you imagine he has two twins – four children? 

The weather stayed perfectly fine where it’s really prone to lot of rains and it was a good drive from Basel. There were really lot of museums in the city and we went to Villa Vauban, the art museum. The architectural buildings, the panoramic view of the city from the high bridges, the amazing restaurants in different corners makes the city very colorful and picturesque.

Cheers,

Sathish Kumar S