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Kunstmuseum Basel

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    • Day 12

      Basel to Zagreb

      September 12, 2023 in Switzerland ⋅ ☁️ 30 °C

      Today we leave Switzerland for Croatia. But we don’t need to leave for the airport until noon.

      We started the morning with coffee from our in-room machine and food we picked up at a local supermarket yesterday. After making lunches and checking out of our hotel room we made our way on-foot to the Basel Kunstmuseum (Art). We were able to leave our luggage in the hotel.

      It was our first museum visit and we looked forward to the visit, having heard good things about it. We were able to use our Basel tourist pass to get in for 1/2 price. It’s a large museum organized by time periods. We started our tour looking at very old paintings from the 1500’s to around the 1800’s. Then finished by viewing 20th century art. I was surprised to see that the museum housed a large number of pieces by well known artists such as Picasso. We had a couple of hours in the museum and got to see a lot of interesting pieces.

      It was very easy to get from our hotel to the airport by bus. Only had to walk 1/2 a block to the first bus and the second bus picked us up right where the first dropped us off. We are now waiting to board our plane to Zagreb. It’s scheduled to arrive 30 mins. late.

      Plane finally flew almost an hour late. Got great seats with more legroom than I’ve ever had on a flight! That’s because we were in line with the emergency exits. On arrival in Zagreb we got lucky and found our way to where a shuttle bus was heading from the airport to the city bus station. From there it was short tram ride and walk to our apartment.

      It felt good to arrive at our next destination. But we had to go out and buy some food because we are going on a full day bus trip to a national park leaving early tomorrow morning and we want food for both breakfast and lunch. We found a nice grocer near by and were happy to see that prices were much lower than in Basel. We also noticed that a restaurant right outside our apartment has margarita pizza on the menu for a good price. So, after unloading our groceries that’s where we went for dinner. We both ordered the margarita pizza. We enjoyed both the food and the lively atmosphere on the street. I also really enjoyed the local, Croatian beer I had with my pizza.
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    • Basilea

      June 10, 2023 in Switzerland ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C

      Fontana Zschokke
      Fontana con due anime: sopra tre "figure intere", con quelle che sembrano rappresentazioni di diverse stagioni della vita; sotto un 360 gradi di bassorilievi in cui si possono scorgere differenti caratteri che sembrano rimandare ai campi. Che siano le stagioni che si susseguono, nell'anno e nella vita???.
      Peccato non aver scoperto il significato di questa bella fontana.

      Nota: vicino ci sono dei bagni pubblici "per folletti". 😂😅
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    • Basilea

      June 11, 2023 in Switzerland ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C

      Kunstmuseum Basel
      ...e ci buttiamo al museo. Basilea è la città dei musei. Era anche ora! 😂🤣😂
      Tolti i nomi (ci sono Van Gogh, Rodin, Picasso, Dalì...), quello che mi ha colpito è il carattere mediamente oscuro, pessimista, esoterico dei dipinti che ho trovato qui. O forse ero io che mi trovavo predisposto a identificare quei caratteri in quel periodo. Comunque ho apprezzato enormemente questa sfumatura, rara da riscontrare nei musei che solitamente bazzico.Read more

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