Travel is about experiences and the highlight of my trip was my visit to Basel where I would be running my third FULL marathon – 42.195 kms in less than one year having completed my first FULL marathon last October in Amsterdam, followed by the Mumbai Marathon in January 2013.
Basel was an interesting choice as most marathoners aspire to run the Big 5 and Basel is not one of them. As I always have done things differently, I was fascinated by Basel and was keen to visit after having met Ann from Basel Tourism board earlier in the year during her visit to India which was followed by a post card that was sent to me of this interesting town which has the Rhine River cutting thru the city and dividing it into Greater Basel and Little Basel. Continue Reading