Wheels and the wanderer

Day Two of the Four Points walk, Wednesday 24 June 2015: Returned back to “Im Kerr” in Merishausen… (See Alex Supertramp and Canada Slim post of this blog.) …and once again found myself climbing a steep hill up into an elevated forest heading ever southwards to Schaffhausen. There are many things about the German language… Continue reading Wheels and the wanderer

Alex Supertramp and Canada Slim

“What´s in a name? That which we call a rose A rose by any other name would smell as sweet…” (William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet) “Each thing is the same with itself and different from another.” (Plato, Theaetetus) “Like the pine trees linin’ the windin’ road I’ve got a name. I’ve got a name. Like… Continue reading Alex Supertramp and Canada Slim

Borderline Obsessive

It seems to be my destiny to be obsessed with borderlines, both geographical as well as psychological. I was raised in Argenteuil County, Quebec, on the border of Ontario´s Prescott-Russell County. Most Canadians live within 100 km of the US border, because the land north of this tends to be unarable (i.e. can´t be farmed… Continue reading Borderline Obsessive

Walking with Anahareo

Another day, another walk, this time along the Beaver Trail of the World Wildwife (umm sorry, Wildlife) Federation of Bodensee-Thurgau with She Who Must Be Obeyed. The Trail is a 5 km/3-hour walk, through forest and field, beside river and stream, near the town of Pfyn (pronounced “foon”), close to the city of Weinfelden, and… Continue reading Walking with Anahareo

Along the Fable Trail

On the Swiss shore of the Untersee arm of the Lake of Constance, between Schaffhausen and Kreuzlingen, is the town of Steckborn, population nearly 4,000. Steckborn marks the start of a 2 1/2-hour walk, east to the town of Ermatigen, called the Fable Trail. Like many of the trails to be found in Thurgau Canton, the… Continue reading Along the Fable Trail

No Jains in Switzerland?

In India there exists the Jain order, wandering monks, who believe in non-violence to an extreme degree. They wear gauze across their faces so insects won´t accidentally fly into their mouths, eyes or ears. They stare at the ground to ensure that no living creature is crushed by their feet. They brush the ground before… Continue reading No Jains in Switzerland?