Schaffhausen + Rheinfall

Photos HERE
Video coming soon!


Last Saturday we took a day trip to the small town of Schaffhausen, in the north of Switzerland (on the border with Germany). It has a very nice old town and a big fortress called the Munot, but more on that later. The main reason for our visit was the Rheinfall, that are really close by. The Rheinfall is the largest waterfall in Europe. Its is not very tall, but more like wide and super powerful. There’s a rock in the middle that you can get to by boat, and get a great view and you also get a bit wet by the mist.
We arrived early, so it was still a bit cloudy and misty, but the day got better and by the time we went to the rock, we got a rainbow and lots of sun. It was beautiful and impressive. We thought about going to Konstanz, the neighboring city on the German side, but it would have been a rushed visit to both places, so we decided to go back later (since its only 45 mins and 17 francs away!). The town of Shaffhausen was similar to Bern, full of old buildings and shops (the old town at least). We took a break before going up to the Munot, an old fortress on the edge of old town. (man, you really have to train and get in shape before a vacation!) The munot is round and empty, but makes nice pictures and the terrace gives you a great view of the town. That day we bought prepackaged tuna sandwiches from Coop (like Marsh, Kroger, HEB…), and they were awful!!! (I should have known better) So we made up for the horrible lunch at dinner by eating at McDonalds! (yes, it hit the spot). I think we tend to eat fast food when we’re on tourist mode (like KFC and McDonalds in Prague, and BK in Bern…)
I hope you like the pictures, we had agreat time !

Not much else besides that… Starting to plan the Oktoberfest trip, although we will only be going for 1 night, so there will not be much else besides the drinking part. I added another recipe to the recipe blog: My General Tso’s Chicken (not quite authentic, but pretty tasty) We have our visa appointment in a couple of weeks, so we’ve been getting ready for that filling out forms and getting documents together. It is starting to get cold(ish), and the trees are already loosing their leaves. Can you say "Summer is over"?

I will soon post the “1 year recap”!!

here's the video of the waterfall (sorry for the quality, i had a better version but was taking forever to upload!)