After a night of rain we woke to low cloud and more rain. Fortunately we had breakfast in the hotel and didn’t have to depart until 11:00; it was still drizzling.
The rain gear came out, and finally my worn out sandals had a rest and the trainers and socks took over. I even put another layer on top. It felt very weird, as it was the first time in 8 weeks!!
We expected a day of rain, as was forecast. but after 30 mins of heavy drizzle, it dried up.
The first 30 km were along roads with a cycle track painted on the side; not much fun, but we made good progress.
Then when the EV 6 took us along the Rhine, it became much more enjoyable.
Loads of wetland birds enjoying the shallowsThis guy enjoyed a stale french pain au raisin, (visible in his neck) and he came back for more!The cycle track through the maize.View of the Rhine from a high pointA dam over the Rhine for power generation. Also a footpath to Germany!Hydro electric dam, across the Rhine. Massive chains to lift the dam if necessary. We’ve seen many road junctions in Switzerland with these markings. We have no idea whether to follow the lines or treat them as a roundabout????A sign to Zurich airport with roller blades…why????We finally saw a pretty bit of Switzerland The Rhine on a sharp 80 degree bend at Tossegg.We saw another kingfisher from here. No one else was there.More of the river from high. Very steep vineyards Another wooden bridge into Germany, this time we had to compete with cars.Our destination for the night. Now I see why it was named Rheinfall! A bit of a tourist trap, but still impressive. Boats were taking people to climb the island in the middle. There was also a low viewing platform on the right of the falls, just visible.So many big fish, I think they were chub, in the crystal clear waters under the falls.
For our supper we had a really good Thai green curry. No one else was in the restaurant and on a Friday night!?? Everything seems expensive in Switzerland and the local people seem on edge and slightly tense. The car drivers are mostly in flashy German cars and have little tolerance for cyclists!
A big thanks to Manfred for finding out about the tall old buildings in yesterday’s blog. They were old salt mine shafts, if you hadn’t read his reply already.
Good Morning! Mr. Mansplainer here: I believe the road markings in the photo of the crossing with Sue in it mean “Give way to traffic coming from the right”. You can roll through the intersection but must yield to traffic coming from the RIGHT.
Your comment about the Rheinfall made me chuckle. In German the words “Rheinfall” and “Reinfall” are homophones, meaning they sound alike. The word Reinfall (without the “h” after the “R”) in English means: flop, letdown, washout, damp squib, pratfall, disaster, failure, nonevent. And yes, I looked it up to get all the synonyms. So you could say: “Der Rheinfall war ein Reinfall.” It is a fun play on words about it being a tourist trap.
No, your spelling was entirely correct. No for on your part! You spelled/spelt it Rheinfall. The Rheinfall was a Reinfall would be the correct summation.
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Good Morning! Mr. Mansplainer here: I believe the road markings in the photo of the crossing with Sue in it mean “Give way to traffic coming from the right”. You can roll through the intersection but must yield to traffic coming from the RIGHT.
Your comment about the Rheinfall made me chuckle. In German the words “Rheinfall” and “Reinfall” are homophones, meaning they sound alike. The word Reinfall (without the “h” after the “R”) in English means: flop, letdown, washout, damp squib, pratfall, disaster, failure, nonevent. And yes, I looked it up to get all the synonyms. So you could say: “Der Rheinfall war ein Reinfall.” It is a fun play on words about it being a tourist trap.
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Thanks Manfred, will feel safer with that knowledge. Will leave the Reinfall typo in, in that case!!
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No, your spelling was entirely correct. No for on your part! You spelled/spelt it Rheinfall. The Rheinfall was a Reinfall would be the correct summation.
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