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France - Germany - Switzerland - Austria

2008-03-08

We woke this morning in a 'B&B' brand hotel and started the short journey to the German border stopping at a hypermarket to get a few bits for the journey (including my new favorite drink, ice tea). Once over the boarder and with Justina as navigator we headed into the black forest. The black forest part of the journey was amazing, as we ventured further in the higher the hills and the deeper the snow, we have some great pictures. Once through the forest we headed south towards a lake and eventually found the crossing car ferry port which would take us to Switzerland. Justina had spotted the car ferry on our European map so we decided to fund out how much it would cost in time and Money to cross. Arriving at the ferry port there was one empty car and a motorbike queued up to cross. We parked behind the car and walked over to the biker to ask if he knew the next ferry sailing time and how much it was going to cost to cross and how do we pay. The biker did not speak much English but understood my very bad rubbish sign language, we understood his too. We got talking to other passengers waiting for the ferry and learned that the crossing would depart soon and we pay on board. Swiss cus…

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