Water, water, everywhere

Well lots of water on the cards today, but first we had to pack up the tent. While packing up the flysheet we had taken out all of the tent pegs. While folding up the flysheet the rest of the tent leaped up in the wind and we had to chase it down the path as it hopped and skipped just a fraction ahead of us. Fortunately we caught it and finished packing up. We continued on the tourist route through the Black Forest and found our way to a town called Triberg which is where all the cuckoo clocks originate from. There are thousands of cuckoo clocks all hand-craved from wood. The ticking in the shop was deafening! They were a bit out of our price range though as one clock that an american couple was looking at was 800 Euros! Also while in Triberg we had a slice of Black Forest cake which was very yummy.



Gem: mmmmm cake, the first reason we went to the black forest, and it was totally worth it :)

We then drove on into Switzerland, but just for a few hours to visit the Rheinfall. It was a bit odd crossing the border as there was a big toll station just before the border which didn't seem to have any purpose and the guard was just nodding people through. Two kms down the road was the actual border where the Swiss border patrol people gave us a great map which showed us how to get to Rheinfall without having to go on the toll motorways (we must not be the only ones :)). The Rheinfall is the biggest waterfall in Europe and the sheer amount of water passing infront of you is amazing. The signboard says that on about 250-600 cubic metres of water flow over it every second! Its not the tallest of waterfalls being only 23m high but since its the Rhine river its just really really fat.



Gem: Geeking it up aside, its just massive and really cool. There was loads of mist everywhere.

Thats pretty much it for today, apart from the total downpour of rain which gives this post its title. We're now just on the edge of Lake Constance in its namesake town Konstanz. Normally we'd go wandering around the town about now, but its still pouring with rain and we're pretty tired. I hope the weather improves soon because its a shame to be missing out on some of the scenery when its just mist.