Fortunately we had the boat to ourselves and so we could all be inside in the dry. Lake Titisee is a relatively small lake so the cruise only took 30 minutes in an electrically powered boat. The lake has plenty of fish so we saw fishermen on the shore. It freezes over in the winter and used to be used as a winter air strip, but this stopped after a tractor fell through the ice.
After that, we had time to walk around the area, buy postcards and have a coffee. One tourist shop stocked cuckoo clocks, lots of them and in all sizes.
It was then time to reboard the bus to go to lunch at Schaffhausen (Switzerland). This was another 3 course meal, but I'll spare you the details.
We thought that it must be a bit posh with a Ferrari parked outside!
Our next stop was to be the Rhine falls (Switzerland) which is the most powerful waterfall in Europe. We had visited the falls before, but from the opposite bank. From Schaffhausen, they are really impressive. We were able to walk around the bank so that effectively, we could climb up to the top and see the river from above and below. Boats ferry the brave across to the large rock and from what we saw, it could be a very exciting crossing.
There is a waterwheel near the top fed by a side fall recording its place in the history of water power. Hidden next to it is the turbine that replaced the waterwheel as the means of propulsion at the end of the 18th century.
This brave chap had an easier way of getting to the middle of the falls.
We encountered a couple of buses from Colchester which had parties on Indian tourists. One group were posing for photos and we discovered that that the word the Indians use is 'teas' rather than 'cheese'.
When we returned to the bus it was time to set off in the direction of our hotel, a couple of hours away in Bregenz, Austria (that's 4 countries in one day).
As our bus parked in the hotel, the heavens opened! Fortunately, we were right next to an entrance and ate in the hotel that night.
Pat and John on tour
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