City Walks -- University District, November 30

Basel University is Switzerland's oldest university, celebrating 550 years this year. Interestingly, the medical scool is particularly known for its department of tropical diseases. Who knew?... Amazing to consider tropical diseases in Switzerland.





The littlest sewing machine, in a shop window near our apartment...





The chocolate store. One must fortify ones self before a city walk to the Umiversity...





What's this? Swiss chocolate fortified with goods from the "new world"...





Ah... Bicycles... We must be getting close.






A banner celebrating the university's birthday...





A statue... not sure of the story...





A faculty home?



An interesting store in the University district was this store (below) where wine and olive oil were decanted from little barrels and crocks...














All sorts of wine choices in all sorts of containers...






Bottles for olive oil






Christmas decorations in a shop window...






All sorts of stores for the students and faculty...





A tower still remains from the old city walls, with a gate to the university center





Students always have opinions, and graffiti seems to be a universal medium of expression. It's interesting that this sentiment is expressed in English...