To - Schaffhausen
Distance - 79km
Time - 6 hours
Total - 1545km
Nothing doing in town last night but it was a pleasant walk and it stopped me going to bed at 8.30pm.
This mornings breakfast was the best yet. Proper continental breakfast with the cereals, yogurts, fresh fruits, sliced meats and cheeses, choice of nice breads, croissants and loads of different jams and honey. I pigged out and still managed to swipe an apple and some bread for later. That's such a good thing about cycling you don't have to watch your weight.
The cycling was steady but got a bit hilly towards the end. I kept switching between Switzerland and Germany so the signs change but both sides of the river were good tracks or roads. There was one section of really busy traffic but I was in a cycle path clear of the main road itself and it only lasted a couple of kilometres. The weather was very grey but it never actually rained. Every day I stay dry is a bonus. Laufenburg and Waldshut were both nice towns. I nearly forgot I got a coffee and two pastries and a bottle of fanta at a bakers on the German side of Laufenburg. The ladies were really nice and chatted in English. I was pleasantly surprised that the price was 6 euros. It would be much more in France or Switzerland. Around lunch time I saw some. Loaded cycles outside a traditional looking cafe. I went it and ordered a Wurstsladt. I expected lettuce leaves and some nice smoked dried meat sausage sliced. What I actually got was probably a shredded sausage of processed ham and shredded cheese in a thin mayonnaise dressing. It was accompanied with three gherkin slices and three slices of boiled egg. It wasn't really the healthy option that I was looking for. I have lived off ham and cheese half the trip so didn't want more. Anyway, there was plenty of it and plenty of nice bread as well. Again, it seemed good value compared to France.
I was still sticking to my policy of not buying any Swiss Francs. Every time I went into Switzerland I didn't buy anything. I was looking to make sure I had provisions for teatime because Schaffhausen is actually in Switzerland. I had my normal stuff, pâté, tabbouleh (very good, tasty and healthy), bread and an apple. I just needed something to wash it down with. I saw an Aldi supermarket that was in Germany, it turned out to be the last shop before I went into Switzerland for the last time. I purchased the last essential.... yes a bottle of red wine. Not just any bottle, it was the most expensive bottle of German red wine in the place, it cost me 4 euros.
Photo 1, Town Square at Waldshut.
Photo 2, Making friends! A collection is someone's garden in a village I passed through.
Photo 3, Rhein Falls.
Photo 4, Swiss Police Station - why can't that have modern ugly ones like we do?
Photo 5, Even this is what a shoe shop looks like in Switzerland.
Photo 6, Shopping street in Schaffhausen.
Photo 7, The Munot that overlooks the town. Lovely views and it was free!
Photo 8, Schaffhausen Youth Hostel.
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