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A ‘minor’ detour via Switzerland

We're in Provence on our way home, and the plan is to make a 'slight' detour towards Switzerland. After all we're in the area (ie: Europe south of Paris)... Continue reading

Lake Zurich Hotel Rossli ‘a la bonne foi’

Life in Europe is busy. Very busy. Especially in the peak season. So heading out on the bonne foi (i.e. without making prior reservations) is quite a risky thing to do. The last thing you want is to end up in some dodgy hotel with their last available (flea-ridden) bed. So nowadays most Europeans book their overnight stays beforehand. The bean-counter in me scoured the net to find a suitable room, but the Indiana Jones kept closing the windows, insisting we wing it. Often I have these personal struggles … Continue reading

Rhein Waterfall in Schaffhausen

Just two days before heading to Switzerland en-route to Italy, cousins Ina and Andries showed us their video of Rheinfall in Schaffhausen … well Neuhausen actually (they’re about 3 km’s apart). It looked awesome … the sound and power of the water drew me in like a magnet. We just HAD to include it in our travel plan.

It was our first day of travelling and we’d spent about 8-9 hours in the car before reaching Neuhausen, so we grabbed the chance to stretch our legs. Continue reading

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