we planned to hike with our friends long ago and originally intended to do something in the mountains. as the snow was still close and the forecast was set for rain, we decided to go for a route in the hill country of appenzell. we started out in herisau and went via saum toward stein.
on the way down to the urnäsch tobel. of course we could not just take any regular bridge, it had to be something special, the one next to the water pipes...
many a hiking path led us through the pastures. i was very aprehensive about this, but the path was clearly marked and we could see, that it was the only path leading us along those wonderfully yellow marked hiking paths (they are the same all over switzerland).
to my surprise up there on top of hundwiler höhe, the pine trees just experience their spring and are in full bloom. in the lower lands of switzerland this happened two weeks ago...
from stein toward haslen, and then up to the "hundwiler höhi". it was still not raining as we originally predicted and planned for.
absolutely stunning, the local architecture. so many windows and low sealings...
it ended up to be a wonderful day, no rain no thunder or any kind of storms. unexpectedly warm and bright. we loved the 6h of walking up and down and across those bridges. through lush forests and blooming meadows, greeting the cows and goats and being barked at by many a appenzeller dog. zürchersmühle was the town where we hopped on the regional train, which brought us back to herisau. o "appenzellerland" you are pretty and lovely to be discovered.
and following all the details my dear husband was planning and doing the math and fidgeting around to come up with a good looking map and a intelligent diagram...
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