No mountains but rain

From Orange we drove North in the rain towards Switzerland, hoping to see some mountains but the clouds were too low. We exited the motorway just South of Geneva and drove into the countryside to find a place to stop for the night. We came to a very small village on the side of a hill, with a large car park above the church. We parked and as we fixed dinner, the cloud came down to our height and we could hardly see a thing. The next day the cloud and rain persisted, so we drove through Switzerland and to the capital Bern. We went straight to the Paul Klee Zentrum, a big art gallery only exhibiting the Swiss-German artist Paul Klee.
The next day we went into the old town of Bern. It’s a classic old city, basically unchanged for ages and full of old town houses with vaulted passageways next to the street. We even got to see the city bears, which can be seen from the bridge and by the river side. The river Aare dominates the city landscape as it twists around the old town. It was also very full and flowing fast. We stayed a second night in the city campsite and then left in the morning for Germany. On the way we stopped at the famous “Rheinfall”, a spectacular waterfall where the river Rhein drops over rocks. There’s a place where you can get down the cliff to the water rushing over the edge of the fall, very dramatic. We then drove on towards Stuttgart and to Herrenberg, where we would stay with Caroline’s friends, Alfred and Anette and their three girls. They had friends visiting from Austria and we all had a really nice evening together with a great meal that Alfred cooked for us.

View to the old town of Bern.

The streets of the old town.

The Rheinfall.

With Alfred&Anette, his mum and their friends Chris&Christiane with 6 kids.