Lucerne log (3)

This is going to be a short entry due to lack of time.

Yesterday we took a train from Lucerne to Zurich and another from Zurich to Winterthur, whereupon we changed to a suburban line to Schaffhausen. We got off at the miniscule station at Neuhausen am Rheinfall in order to see the Rhine Falls. In terms of waterfalls (the height that the water falls), this was a bit disappointing, but in terms of power, the waterfall was fascinating.

After photographing the falls from several different angles, we went to visit the castle which stands by the falls. This was built as a hotel and houses an exhibition which explains about the falls, the tourism aspect and the arguments held over the years whether to harness the falls' power for electricity and make the area industrial or to leave the area as is. The environmentalists won (and this argument was held in the 1850s).

Leaving the falls, we returned to Zurich where we prowled around the streets for a few hours, prior to our return to Lucerne. A late meal in a riverside restaurant was followed by falling into bed.

Shortly we'll be out again and may not return until nightfall.