Duke planned for us to return our rental car to Basel airport which is just over the Swiss border in France, because if we returned the car to a country other than France, where we rented it, there would have been a $2000 surcharge!
We left Lucerne relatively early this morning so that we could return the car by 11. We got to the airport with no problem but when we got to the rental car return counter the lady said that we needed to return the car to the French part of the airport and we were at the Swiss part of the airport. It turns out that the airport is divided in two. We followed the signs to Car Rental (CH). We should have followed the signs to Car Rental (F). We packed up our bags again and got back in the car. It was about a ten minute drive to go around through customs to the other end of the terminal. But we got it done and successfully returned the car.
From the Basel airport we took a bus to Basel train station and then a train to Zurich where we are tonight.
Once we had checked in to the hotel in Zurich we went for a walk down to Lake Zurich and then stopped for beers along the river.
For dinner we went to a nearby beer hall.
Rick and Elaine fly home tomorrow.
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