Schaffhausen

We successfully managed to negotiate the very efficient rail system and did a day trip to Schaffhausen. (A lady assured me that when a train is scheduled to leave at 3.59 it leaves at 3.59. She was right.) Schaffhausen, on the Rhine River near the border with Germany, is yet another beautiful Swiss town and we really enjoyed exploring the narrow streets, the castle and the church and cloister. We followed a printed walking guide which was excellent.

And for those of you complaining that none of the photos I've put up on this blog are of me, here's the one and only.

Another reason for going to Schaffhausen was a waterfall. The Rhine Falls (Rheinfall in German) are quite close to the town and are the largest in Europe. They're only 23 m high but quite wide and the amount of water going over the falls is awesome and noisy. It's obligatory to go by boat to an island in front of the falls and climb to the top, so we did.