This year, as we have in recent years, we have had a slightly different start to the Eurovision Song Contest. We haven’t got access to the first week of rehearsals. We have hopefully adapted to this to bring you the coverage you have all grown to expect.

Day 3 saw us stay in France and explore some of what the country had to offer. Colmar is a quaint French town, with a medieval feel about it. Not only did we visit it’s cathedral, but also it’s Christmas shop (which operates a one-way system) to name but a few things. We then went on to Strasbourg, where amongst other things, we visited another cathedral – do you see a pattern appearing?

Day 4 saw us venture into Switzerland. Beginning in Lausanne, we visited the Olympic Museum before making the pilgrimage to the Palais de Beaulieu – exactly 36 years to the day of the Contest. Before heading home, we stopped off in Bern, where amongst other things we visited the Government building, followed by a visit to a bear pit – yes bears do live in a fenced off part of Bern.

Today, Day 5 saw us venture into Switzerland once again and this time Basel. We took the chance to scope out where we needed to go to find the arena without the need for public transport, as well as exploring the host city as a whole.

Tomorrow, we are off on a five country adventure, thanks to the close borders of Europe!

As of Sunday, the team members coming to Basel from Eurovision Ireland, OnEurope and All Out Eurovision are now all under the same roof, ready to bring you the quality original content you expect from our coverage.

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Author: Richard Taylor

Source: Eurovision Ireland