Tag: Rorschach
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One hundred years and six months… #LakeConstance #Switzerland
The bathing hut in Rorschach, ten train-minutes up Lake Constance from here, was built in 1924. And in all the years since then, it’s been a swimming place, meeting place, feel-good summer place for the people of Rorschach and further afield. Some of my friends who grew up in the area learned to swim there,…
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Sand Sculpture Festival
A couple of kilometres up Lake Constance from here lies Rorschach, a small town with a harbour and a lovely lakeside park. They’ve had an international sandsculpture festival there ever since 1999, the year of the big solar eclipse, when this sculpture was the winner. It’s now immortalised in stone in the lake park. This…
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Four trains, two boats and a bus in Switzerland…
A couple of weeks ago, a friend and I took ourselves on a trip to the island of Ufenau, near the south end of Lake Zürich. Early-morning haze was hanging in the air as I stood waiting for the train at our local station, which isn’t much bigger than a bus stop. Lake Constance is…
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Sun, sand and… sculptures!
It’s been an amazing summer here in the top right corner of Switzerland (once we got past June…) Here on our glorious lake, we’re able to enjoy all the summer advantages of this very international – I can see both Germany and Austria from my flat – region. Here’s a two-minute video showing the area…
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