Bears!

Last weekend we ventured over the Swiss border to Singen, which is on the line that runs through Schaffhausen, a must-visit if only because of its proximity to the Rhine Falls, but it's actually a lovely town in and of itself (and the place that introduced me to the divine combination of chocolate and chili).

The main object of visting Singen was to get new protective clothing for himself before he either collects his old motorbike from the UK or trades it in to get a new one here, and although the town didn't charm us immediately, it was an excellent shopping trip and we found some curious sights - in particular a series of charming painted bears. (This must be a mainland European thing, as they do it with cows in Switzerland, but I hear there are painted gorillas in the UK as well.) There was also a deeply disturbing and enormous sculpture of flaccid naked people which I avoided looking at, and the excellent piece of graffiti stating "homophobia is gay".