Switzerland | TRAVEL
I don't think we have ever set off on a European adventure with so little in the way of a plan. We never have a detailed plan because having a motorhome allows for spontaneity, but we usually have more idea than this time.
We first headed south from our home in Scotland to spend my seventieth birthday with all the family at Legoland, Windsor, which was fun, if exhausting.
The next day we took the Eurotunnel to Calais and our only commitment was to be in southeast Switzerland 11 days later. I had a vague idea about walking in the Black Forest but the forecast was for 29˚C and humid, which didn't appeal.
It looked cooler east so we headed that way. We visited Trier and the fabulous mosaic floor at Nennig, both recommended in previous MMM articles.
We continued southeast and found ourselves in Saarland – not an area we knew. We picked up an excellent guide in English of the area and started with a treetop walk at Saarschleife.
There are a number of these walks across Europe, which provide wide, accessible paths with an easy gradient all the way to the top, many of which are suitable for wheelchairs and even mobility scooters. This one, near Orscholz, leads to the top of a cliff onto which a tower is added, allowing far-reaching views about the River Saar.
Our next stop was a spot of WWII history on a circular walk taking in the restored Dragon's Teeth – concrete obstacles built along miles of the Siegfried Line designed to stop tanks. There was also an interesting WWII bunker to visit nearby, but unfortunately this wasn't open the day we were there. There were clearly many more interesting things to do in Saarland and it merits a return visit, but by this time a plan was forming and we needed to move on.
We had decided to head towards Liechtenstein as we had never been
