Eric and I have started our winter European trip in the Swiss town of Schaffhausen. We are staying with his friends Thomas and Denise who live below the castle.
The town of Schaffhausen is pretty cool. It has been rather foggy since we got here, so not the best views, but pretty.
The castle has its own resident deer
They live in the moat
The rest of the castle is surrounded by a vineyard where they grow all the grapes for the town's wine.
And they are protected.
Going up into the castle, we first passed through the stables which was a wonderfully cavernous place.
It's a pretty simple castle. This winding ramp takes you up the tower to the battlements.
Eric at the door to the caretakers place on the top of the tower. It's a tiny bit small
Not a bad place to live, no?
The view over town and the Rhine
Thomas and Denise's house, from the castle
Schaffhausen in the fog
On the way back into town
The town has wonderful lights strung up for the holidays
A moment of pretty light, this was the coolest building around
I like this style of building for some reason
The church square
Thomas and Denise have a lovely old house in the middle of town. It is something like 600 years old.
The bottom floor used to be a wine bar or something. The stories of the 6 centuries of smoking stench are wild. It smells ok now, after a lot of hard work. or it did till my curiosity got the better of me and I opened up an old closet. oops.
I swear there isn't a right angle in the place, or even a strait line.
they have a lovely garden, quite big for an old city.
Thomas's machine shop, which is the old cellar
I will eventually take more pictures of this lovely place.
