Basel, this time.  And again I’m enjoying it (and, this time, collecting the bottle caps).  My luggage was overweight (but without anything I could reasonably take out) and I forgot my gold card, but Lufthansa gave me a printout that should help convince others that I do indeed have Senator status, so for now there have been no consequences from that other than my irritation at my own incompetence. 

For all you Carnet ATA fans out there, getting the “Stempel” worked flawlessly, even though the export form was mistakenly partly filled out by the customs official that re-imported our microscope down in Chiasso. 

Well, boarding begins in five minutes, so I’ll get back to you from Seoul.