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Tour de Monte Rosa
Thun to Macugnaga
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Tour de Monte Rosa
Macugnaga to Stein am Rhein
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Thursday August 13, 2015
Stein am Rhein to
Schaffhausen
I actually slept fairly well in the horrid bed at the Hotel
Doomstein. I showered and went for a walk, and finally realized I
must be crazy for considering leaving this gorgeous place. I
could live here. I suppose perhaps I'd feel differently in bad
weather.
09:23
09:29
I slowly got ready and finally boarded the gondola back up Monte Moro
pass.
The weather was supposed to change with a 50% chance of rain later
today, and I did not weant to hike in the rain again.
10:41
10:41
Ski area below the gondola
10:41
10:58
11:17
11:18
11:42
11:58
12:09
The hike downhill was of course easier than the hike uphill yesterday
and I was soon back at Mattmark waiting for the bus to take me down to
Visp.
I chugged a beer at the cafe then boarded the very crowded bus at about
1:30pm
When I arrived in Visp I was amazed at how hot it was.
The entire country was in a heat wave.
I caught the 2:57 train from Visp to Frauenfeld.
In Thun I had two minutes to retrieve the rest of my luggage while the
train was stopped.
I managed to run from the train, run downstairs and back
upstairs to the main station area, quickly deposit 8 francs in my
locker, retrieve the rest of my belongings, and race downstairs,
upstairs, and back to the train, only to have the train doors fail to
open when I pushed the button.
I walked up a few train cars pushing door open buttons emphatically -
if I missed reboarding this train I'd get to sit around
another 30 minutes waiting for the next one - not a huge problem, but I
didn't need to add to my 5 hour bus and train journey from the southern
border of Switzerland to the northern border.
Finally the train doors opened.
I assume the engineer or conductor saw the door open lights go off
realized someone wanted to board and unlocked the train for me since it
was still at the station.
That was an exciting three minutes...
Paul and Jed arrived in Stein am Rhein a few hours before I did.
They
checked out 8 different hotels before selecting the Hotel Adler.
That's about 6 or 7 more hotels than I would have checked...
When I finally got to Stein am Rhein at 6:30 I was floored at how hot
it was.
I dragged all my stuff to the Hotel Adler and found Paul and Jed
wandering the town.
Jed's pic
Paul arranged to rent a canoe the next day over the phone.
We wandered town looking for a cheap and/or good place to eat.
Finally we found a stand up cafe, the only cheap place in town to eat
We noticed signs all over town for an outdoor concert.
Paul asked the hotel staff if there was a concert that evening and we
were assured there was no concert.
Late that night we were treated to an outdoor concert staged right
outside our room.
We needed to keep the windows open because it was sweltering.
Fortunately our room was an end room and had windows on both sides of
the room, allowing a cross breeze through the room.
Meanwhile...
Kent summited Pollux. With two huge summits on this trip Kent was
on cloud 9.
Kent's video of our trip
Previous
Tuesday August 11, 2015
Tour de Monte Rosa
Thun to Macugnaga
Wednesday August 12, 2015
Tour de Monte Rosa
Macugnaga to Stein am Rhein
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Thursday August 13, 2015
Stein am Rhein to
Schaffhausen
