We rode the train to Basel to meet back up with the study abroad group on Tuesday night and got to check into our nice hotel. It was awesome to have a hot shower and a comfy bed after taking cold showers at the hostel in Munich! On Wednesday and Thursday mornings, we had absolutely awesome breakfasts! They even had Coco Krispies... Seems like a silly thing to get excited about, but they were amazing.
We went to Novartis on Wednesday and saw all of their facilities. I definitely liked seeing the farm they use to keep the animals they test some of their products on. I was nervous about going to see it because I thought it would make me sad. It ended up showing me that the animals really are treated well at the facility. They even had mandatory rest periods in between tests and had room to run around.
On thursday, we went on a city tour of Basel. It was a lot of history, which does not generally interest me. The tour guide was very nice and did give us some fun facts. There was a fountain that had a lot of moving pieces was called the fountain of Tangley. It was made of scrap parts from the old opera house, which had been torn down and replaced by a new one. We had a free weekend after the tour. the only sad thing was that it was a holiday, so Everything was closed.
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