On Sunday, after a completely worthless Saturday in bed, Luke (a new friend) and I went to Schaffhausen (a small medieval town on the border of Germany) to watch his friend compete in a fencing tournament and see what trouble we could get into. The tourney was held in a courtyard on top of the Menot Castle, allegedly Schaffhausen’s trademark. The morning was needless to say, surreal.
After a long Swiss lunch in town, we decided to check out the Rhine Falls since we had nothing better to do plus they were only a 10 minute drive away. The Rhine Falls are the largest waterfalls in Europe. While impressive, I am still convinced they could be taking in an intertube (think the upper Sacramento River, but a little bit bigger). Apparently the size is determined not necessarily by height but also width and Europe doesn’t have that many waterfalls. Thanks to two bridges we were able to walk from one side of the falls, over the top and to the other side where there were platforms so close to the spray you can almost touch the falls themselves. After the 50 minute walk back to where we parked, we treated ourselves to ice cream like a true Swissie would. (I can definitely get used to this lifestyle…eat, hike, ice cream).
Unfortunately, my camera has officially died (after 5 years of abuse, travel and bars) so I have no pictures to show you. But please enjoy these that I downloaded from the website.
2 comments:
Reading your blog makes me want to be young again and traveling around Europe like you and Pedro are doing. I guess I'll have to vicariously experience it through you. Thanks for taking the time to share your life with us. Bobby
Well said.
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