Hello, Robert, I would think that Jacques would not mind my sharing this with you: There were other roads from Basel to Le Havre. Among them was a trip from Basel City up the Rhine River to Holland as Eric correctly mentions. Another was a trip to Strasbourg via St Louis, France, then to Paris and from Paris to Le Havre. Additional routes utilized were a mixture of the above: departures from Basel by boat up the Rhine to Antwerp, Belgium. Another was the going through Strasbourg, and taking the road to Paris. The Vosges Mountains are relatively high and were difficult to pass during the winters because the cold is often bitter there and the mountains are snow covered. I could tell you other emigration roads that existed which included the Port of Bordeaux and even San Sebastian, Spain.