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We now have 2 nights in Sallanches just over the Swiss border into France. We are high up staying in a chalet with amazing views of Mount Blanc. Before leaving Lausanne we visited Chillon Castle on the edge the Lake Geneva near Montreal.
Back into Switzerland for a couple of days around Lake Geneva. Photos are the views from my window. Much warmer here than the last few weeks.
Strasbourg is in France although just over the German border so has a slightly mixed culture & heritage. Beautiful old building on the River & canals as well as the Cathedral with the Astronomical Clock inside. All the bridges have flower growing on the sides- beautiful.
Raced back to the church for the 4.00pm chiming of the astronomical clock! Then climbed the stairs to the top of the church tower! So there are 335 steps up then you need to climb back down again! Just as I was in the bell tower ready to descend the bell chimed- nearly fell down the steps!
Bek- just visited the church with the clock!
Before leaving Schaffhausen we visited the fortress, Munot Castle- it's quite an amazing structure with light beaming down into the cavernous interior. What was originally a moat now has deer roaming. The stone spiral stairs take you to an open area on the roof where they now hold concert. Also wonderful views over Schaffhausen.
We've just spent 2 nights in a wonderful Baroque Hotel in Schaffhausen, leaving Switzerland today to travel through the Black Forest in Germany to Strasbourg in France.
Beks TravelsRozzie...in Strasbourg...we didn't plan our time wisely to see the super cool clock in the church do it's thing (which is a nerdy thing to want to see possibly)...or book in to climb up the hundreds of stairs to top of the spires in the catherdral... So can I request you do both and capture on video videos (so can experience through you guys 😀)
Roslyn BrownJust went to the church to see the clock and then saw your post- so 1st request taken care of! As for the other- stair climb, there are 450 steps to the top, so surprisingly I haven't done that yet😫😉
In the afternoon we drove south into the Principality of 🇱🇮 Liechtenstein to Vaduz which is the capital and also where the Royal Palace is.
This was fantastic! The amount and speed of the water cascading over the falls is huge! We are staying in a wonderful old hotel in Schaffhausen not far from the falls. We walked over the foot bridge to the castle, then took the lift down to the viewing platform. There is a cave entrance to the side of the falls from here. Then took the boat to the small island landing in the centre of the fallsRead more
On the descent from Schilthorn we stopped at Birg to do the Chain suspension Bridge Walk. At an altitude of 2677 metre the Chain Bridge is suspended over the edge of the cliff! I'm not yet sure just how I managed to get myself to walk the bride! By this stage the cloud had started to set into the valley below. It was a 'thrill' but just a 'tiny' bit scary!
Yes there was a lot of James Bond actions on Schilthorn!
