Oct 13 Leaving for USA

Today we will fly to Denver on Iceland Airlines out of Zurich. Some views of our final accomodations near Albbruck Germany (about 40 miles from the Zurich airport). A lbbruck is a village about 3 miles north of the Rhine next to the Black Forest.

Views from a walk near and in Albbruck.

The house with our final accomodation

(behind tis house in a remodeled barn-house)

The patio between the buildings.

Our accomodation was above the blond

secton on he right)

The steps to our accomodation.

Our balcony.

Bedroom and living room,

View from the balcony

This is the final blog post.

For all of those who have followed us on this journey,

we hope you have enjoyed some of the places and pictures.

THANK YOU for traveling with us!

Oct 12 Muttenz and Wartenburg

After returning the leased car (Dacia Duster) to the Renault dealership in Basel, we picked up a (one way) rental car to drive to the Zurich airport the next day. We then drove to Muttenz and exchanged our remaining Swiss Francs and Euros for US dollars. There is an old castle ruin on a hill overlooking Muttenz. This old ruin was visible from our apartment when we lived in Basel in 1982-83. We drove the car to a parking point 1/2 mile away and walked to the ruin.

A view in Muttenz altstadt.

The old church in Muttenz altstadt.

(this picture from a poster in the village)

Approaching the (north) castle ruin that overlooks Muttenz.

There are 3 parts, a northern, middle,

and southern ruin each about 1/8 mile apart. 

Artists drawing of the original northern castle.

Artist drawing of the 3 parts of the castle.

The middle ruin tower.

Entrance to the middle ruin.

The black row of holes held the beams for the

floors in the original castle tower.

View of Muttenz (below) and Basel

(in the distance) from the tower ruin.

Other views from the ruin.

Oct 11 Aarau and Brugg

Aarau and Brugg are 25 miles south of the Rhine in Switzerland. Both have Medievel altstadts. The day was overcast with some spits of rain. Some views.

Gate to Aarau altstadt.

I guess this is what happens when you park in 

someones private parking spot.

Some views in Brugg altstadt