Alas in Appanzellerland - Sunday July 4, 2010
We were up just after 6 this am so decided to make one last attempt to bike to the little town of Klais - all the trail signs point to it about 35 min. away but we were back through field and forest for an hour but never did find it. We think someone switched the signs on us again - d'ya think they would do it twice to us?? Back at the Heiss farm we said good-bye to Barbara and were on our way by 9 am.
Arrived in Appenzell about 1:30 p.m. a few hours ahead of schedule so we drove around to our Farm Stay with the Rempfler family just outside the town 3 km. It is a totally different terrain than last week - gently rolling high hills with snow capped mountains in the background.
It will definitely not be possible to bike around our Zimmer except to go in circles around the barn - well maybe 2 barns. We are down at the bottom of a valley with at least 4 layers of roads winding around the hills to get up out of here. it is really quite unique. The pictures are of the farm here as well as a few surrounding it. The first one with the farm/house in the centre of the picture is the one we are in. They raise Alpacas and Lamas as well as milk at least 9 cows we counted.
We will probably just leave the bikes on the car and drive into town or find a flat enough stretch to bike a while. There are a number of attractions in the area so stay tuned.
