A day of caching and munzeeing in three different countries.

As we have not been doing very well with our caching, and had visited everywhere we wanted to in Germany, today was a circular route through Germany, Switzerland and France, picking up some caches and munzees.

It was a beautiful clear day, although a bit chilly. From the site we headed straight onto the little roads which border the fields here. So wonderful and quiet, with some great views. The first cache was in a wall around a cemetery; nice and easy. The second one was at a cross surrounded by fields of fruit bushes. Our third success in a row was at a small chapel, which had been rebuilt after being blown up during World War 1.

I could not find the caches at the next few locations, including one at the chapel built into the cliff.

We then drove back into Switzerland, and found Schloss Bottmingen, a 14th century moated castle which is now a very posh restaurant. Sadly I could not find a cache here, but Chris did find a munzee. It was a great location, and had the most wonderful lido just next door. Well worth visiting in the summer.

We then drove into France. This was a bit more tricky; the rush hour had just begun and the cars were all forced into one lane, which slowed to a crawl driving past an armed policewoman. We headed for a road which sat right next to the canal, and the Rhine. I found one cache, and then we found a location with cache and munzee. As the sun went down, we found another castle, Le Chateau de Hombourg. Across the river valley, we could see Bad Bellingen, where we were staying.

The journey across the border back into Germany was a bit extreme again, with all the traffic forced into one lane, with many policeman watching and very, very bright neon lights. The way in was OK, but the traffic coming into France included cars and lorries, and was queueing for a long way. We had hoped to fill up the bottle of LPG in the boot, but when we found the automated machine, it only took payment by Maestro card; which we did not have. As it had become very foggy, and we needed the loo, we popped into the local McDonalds for curly fries and deep fried prawns (you do not get them in the UK).

One last trip to the local supermarket for our last shop in Germany, and home.