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This Perfect Day

Altdorf, Switzerland
Saturday, July 1, 2006

The sun was shining and the sky was a clear blue but we couldn't see the Alps.

We drove down the valley to Schaffhausen and the Rheinfalls. The falls were impressive but the most incongruous creature was in the carpark - a camel !!! No idea what it was doing there but we thought it was hilarious.

We drove on to Stein am Rhein - another charming little village with painted houses - and had lunch. We headed south to Klausenpass and drove up a long valley avoiding the cows on the road.

Little villages with painted houses don't impress me much anymore but the Swiss mountain passes still take my breath away. The ride over Klausenpass took about 2 hours and every second of it was incredible. Every bend reveals a new and more stunning view and I could never get tired of its magnificence.

01 Rhein falls
Rhein falls
02 A camel at rhein falls ??????
A camel at rhein falls ??????
03 Stein am Rhein
Stein am Rhein
04 Stein am Rhein
Stein am Rhein
05 Stein am Rhein
Stein am Rhein
06 Stein am Rhein
Stein am Rhein
07 Stein am Rhein
Stein am Rhein
08 Klausenpass
Klausenpass
09 Klausenpass
Klausenpass
10 A cow
A cow
11 Klausenpass
Klausenpass
12 Klausenpass
Klausenpass
13 Klausenpass
Klausenpass
14 Klausenpass
Klausenpass
15 Klausenpass
Klausenpass
16 Klausenpass
Klausenpass
17 Me at Klausenpass
Me at Klausenpass
18 Klausenpass
Klausenpass
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