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 Monet 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. Swim customs checked our passport as
we drove onto the ferry on the German side and we paid €25 for the
crossing. Once parked on the very unbusy (for vehicles) ferry we
headed upstairs to the lounge area and were served hot drinks. In the
lounge was an amazing selection of people and animals. A drunk man
irregularly burst into loud song every now and again during the 40
minute journey, three massive dogs laid sprawled across the floor and
Jus kept pointing out '80s pop group man' who she decided, with his
massive hair, looked like he was famous (for singing). Once in
Switzerland we drove (avoiding toll roads (as we had no Swis cash))
looking for a hotel. Within an hour we had not found a hotel, but did
find the border to Austria, so we crossed it. We kept driving and
driving till we found a big town and an Ibis Hotel. I don't know where
we are (Jus does, but she is asleep) and have no idea which direction
we are heading next (Jus does, but she is asleep). We found a
restaurant and had pasta, the restaurant, although very nice, was very
smokey...... How I love the UK smoking ban (I just wish UK smokers
would not smoke right outside entrance and exit doors, which kind of
defeats the object as non smokers have to choke through it to get in
and out). We ate a really nice meal and headed back to our hotel,
ssssssssshhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, Jus is asleep.
