SatNav kaput!

Today was a day of seeing places we'd never heard of and having to resort to paper cartography.

Yesterday we flew through Liechtenstein, buying lunch in a very upmarket Co-op.  Then ate lunch half way up a hill with a beautiful view of Switzerland / Germany / Liechtenstein.  Then found a campsite on Lake Constance, again with a fantastic view.  And went for a swim, in the pool, not the lake - my first swim in probably 5+ years ago!

Enjoyed the footie (Netherlands vs Uruaguay) in the sort of campsite bar, with the germans.  Quite surreal, since it was almost exam conditions - very quiet and lots of analysis.  Most were supporting the dutch, which was nice to see, but a couple really wanted Uruaguay to go through, since I guess they think it might make an easier final for them?  They've still got to get there themselves.

Today, the things we've never heard of.  Stein-am-Rhein, which is a really nice little medieval town on the Rhine with little cobbled streets and frescos on the buildings.

Then we went to the Rhinefalls, which is where the Rhine goes over a waterfall.  Call me stupid, but I didn't know it did that!  Anyway, had a good couple of hours wandering around the river and viewpoints - a bit like Niagara, but on a much smaller scale.  Good fun.

Tried the Nordic walking poles around the waterfalls and I think they went down well - I had a go too and I reckon they're pretty useful.

Then the satnav died, or rather got itself in a loop where it just kept rebooting...  So some use of the GPS on my phone coupled with the really high scale europe map and we managed to navigate into the Schwartzwald (Black Forest).  And found some maps in a supermarket after a few attempts.  Used the maps to get to the campsite, and then the internet to diagnose the satnav.  A full factory reset later and fingers crossed (not tested yet) it's good to go.  Fran really didn't like the hobsons choice of driving the van, or navigating!  So happy families should be resumed.

Tonight we're making a point of watching the football in company of the germans, since we sort of missed it a bit in Berlin, and the stakes weren't so high.  Looking forward to trying to understand the slightly odd mentality they seem to have over the football.  Will update if we work it out.