Day 3: Schaffhausen, Switzerland

We jumped a train in the morning and headed to Rhine Falls. Here we took a little boat out into the middle of the falls and climbed the 2 big rocks you see in the middle of the falls. Afterwards, we weren't ready to head back, so we hopped the train again and rode it until the end of the line, which happened to dump us out at this cool little town called Schaffhausen. We wandered around until we found ourselves in some enormous castle at the top of a lot of stairs we climbed out of curiosity. My favorite trips are the kind where you plan minimally and just see what happens. This little town was a serendipitous find.

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