Basel old square
22 Juli 2017, Swiss ⋅ ⛅ 23 °CLovely Altstadt with winding little streets, easy to get lost. The red building of the 500 year old town hall stands out, with it's ornate painted walls.
Lovely Altstadt with winding little streets, easy to get lost. The red building of the 500 year old town hall stands out, with it's ornate painted walls.
Looked around the Basel Cathedral, and whilst inside got a free organ recital of over 45 minutes.
Then thought I was back in Scotland when I heard the bagpipes. Basel has a week long Tattoo, withBaca selengkapnya
A long day, early train to Neuhausen am Rheinfall to see the Rheinfall, the biggest waterfall in Europe. This is in the north of Switzerland, bordering Germany.
I went for a boat trip to Felsen, the island in the middle of the falls, which has stairs upto a viewing platform overlooking the falls. Then a boat across to Schloss Laufen on the other bank.
Once across the river it was a climb to Schloss Laufen, a spot of lunch, and then on the short train to Schaffhausen.
Schaffhausen, a town that made it's money from transporting goods from the upper Rhine to below the Rheinfall.
Beautiful old town, with ornately painted buildings and covered balconies.
The Munot is a circular 16th century fortification in the center of Schaffhausen. It is surrounded by vineyards and serves as the city's symbol. The ring-shaped fortress was built in the 16th century.
Then it was on a boat for a two hour journey up river to Stein am Rhein. Along the way the boat had to navigate some quite narrow, shallow passages, as well as avoid folks floating down river onBaca selengkapnya
Stein am Rhein is a small town west of Lake Constance (Bodensee), full of preserved, half-timbered medieval houses with painted facades, clustered around Rathausplatz in the old town. On a hilltopBaca selengkapnya
Today I walked around Zurich, a city I'd been to before a couple of times, but never explored
I walked around the old town either side of the Limmat river,exploring all the small alleys down to theBaca selengkapnya