No, I’m not a Hipster…
Merely one night in Basel due to no train connection to my nest stop on tis day. My plan was to swosssh by the expensive cheese nation. By chance I found the booking site hostelworld. Very not like me, but I’va had pretty much no time to plan this trip. I’ve been way too busy working, and like the not following plans (anyway) kind of travelling. So the lack of plan doesn’t really bother me.
So I managed to find the location of Basel Backpack. I’ve got to admit it took a little bit of an effort. It’s located all the way back inbetween kind of low industrial inspired buildings that acommodates all sorts of intresting operations. Most of them seem to have some kind of creative orientation. It’s super nice.
The Basel Backpack has really nice staff that gives the ultimate backpacking vibe. To another backpacker, without… the vibes. I’m in total lack of hipster or the laid back traveller.
Basel backpack is located at Dornacherstrasse 192 and conveniently close to the main train station. But again, not that easy to find. A simplifying description on how to find it.
What doesn’t kill you…
Neat and clean like most hostals.
I sat outside of the hostal and read. A group of guys by the table next to me were enjoying their beers by loud unexcused burping. Do I sound stiff? I guess I am.
Being in the beginning of my second interrailing (my first in 1989), I decided to do my ususal travelling budget technique by starting out on a stricter budget. So I picked a dorm. I figured it would be a better way of connecting with other travellers as well, since I’m travelling solo. We’re 8 and it’s already a fairly warm season. The beds feel stacked upon eachother, mening placed close. And… who’s face is 80 centimetres from mine?
Yes, the… Master Burp.
While sleeping, he’s changed his mode to… laughing. I have all my three shots of Covid-19 vaccine, and I’ve also had the kindest session of Covid version Omicron.
Still, I get completely paranoid. Having someone constantly caughing 80 centimetres from my face I started thinking about how far the droplets in… droplet infection travels?
No Way was I going to risk getting another episode of Covid while travelling. Not out of fear, but it would be a huge inconvenience. It’s enough that I have to wear thich face masks while being on trains. The wooden bench in the kitchen will be my bed this night. The advantage on this tough start, everything that followes will be… better 😊
There are other types of room at the hostal. But I lay the way I pay… kind of🙃
