Day nine of our trip was quite possibly one of my favorites.




We started off the day by taking a walk around Schaffhausen and looking at the shops. Wait, no, that's a lie. We started with breakfast at Cafe Vordergasse of course! That day they had Bircher Muesli, a Swiss oatmeal full of walnuts, fruit, and deliciousness.



After breakfast, we bought some flowers for Ladd and Caroline as a "Thank you" for letting us stay with them. The whole trip wouldn't have been the same without them.


The main event of the day was Stein am Rhein!


We took a train there, then hiked up to Burg Hohenklingen, a castle!


The hike was steep, but the view from the top was worth it! And, there's a restaurant built onto the castle! We had something to drinkI think what I had was called Elmer, something like Sprite—then, we hiked back down to the bottom.


We took a nice, long boat ride down the Rhein back to Schaffhausen, then it was sadly time to pack and get ready to head back to America. We packed our bags to get ready for our long flight home the next morning, then we had one last delicious dinner with Ladd and Caroline.

The next morning, we boarded our flight after a weird bus ride between terminals, and off we were back to America.


I wouldn't have traded this trip for anything. I had such an amazing time exploring Switzerland and Germany. If you ever get the chance, make a trip to Schaffhausen. You won't regret it.

There are 300+ more pictures I couldn't possibly fit into one blog post, so I uploaded a slideshow. Check it out here: Switzerland 2015: Photo Album