Wednesday 21 August 2019

Chill Out At Chilbi (2)

Waldshut Schiff Rundfahrt
No 3 son had gone to Waldshut to investigate the Chibli festival and arrived at a less than auspicious time for festivalising. Once you have walked down the main street (pedestrianised) ...
... you have seen much of what Wadlshut has to offer, so opined the lad! At least said main street is now traffic free.
In 1957, the historic Hotel Rebstock became the "Kaufhaus" (department store) May.
Having enjoyed the town centre, the next visit was to the banks of the Rhine, passing the bus station on the way.
For reasons which are not entirely clear but are possibly inexcusable, No 3 son and chum did not stay several hours at the bis station to snap a succession of interesting buses ...
... leaving your photo-less blogger to seek solace on the internet. Buses are operated by Sudbadenbus ...
... which is Deutsche Bahn in a thin disguise. There is a good network in and from the town ...
... although the route map is poor.

A number of "utility"(gas, electric, water) services are operated by a locally owned company.
... and, unusually, that includes a ferry across the Rhein.
Here is the Waldshut "terminal" booking office ...

... and the landing stage.
Note the theoretical customs post because opposite, where the boat is parked, is Switzerland and a community called Full. It too has a mini-terminal ...
... and a bus stop,just outside (of course!).
The Swiss community served by the boat is hardly a metropolis!
So you might think that the ferry is a tad lavish for such a crossing; with the service to Full being rarely, if ever, full. (Groan).
The company has a far more lucrative business with several "Rundfahrts" for "Sonntagsbrunch" being fully booked.
As well as a simple circular "sail" ...
... the big business is with "gastronomic" round trips. Here is just a selection of some of the foodie excursions on offer, either for individuals or for, as Terry Wogan would have said "corporate hostility"
The nosh is not cheap - these are proper meals with intriguing titles.

"Schni-Po-Sa-Fahrt" sounds exciting but is actually pork schnitzel, taters and salad at &euro28;

More expensive is "Spargelmenü-Fahrt". Let's hope you get more than a few spears of spargel (sparrowsguts, as we called it as kiddies!) for your €42.

But if you are happy to spend the cash, it all looks like a jolly river-ride jape.

Enjoy the video!
Sorry, it is all in German but the pictures tell most of the story.

No 3 son has a plan for his proposed second visit to Waldshut. He will ride the ferry to Full and take a walk along the banks of the Rhein to visit ...
... the Nuclear Power Station, one of the sights of the area!
 You can't help feeling that the Swiss decided to pay Waldshut back for that trick with the fat sheep!

And there is a splendid Infocentrum ...

The Leibstadt Nuclear Power Plant (German: Kernkraftwerk Leibstadt, KKL) was commissioned in 1984, iandis the country's youngest and most powerful of all five operating reactors.

Its General Electric built boiling water reactor produces 1,220 MW of electrical power. The nuclear power station has produced approximately 8.5 TWh per year, slightly less than the power station Gösgen.

It is owned by Leibstadt AG (KKL), a consortium of six Swiss energy companies: the Aare Tessin AG for electricity (Atel) with 27%, the northeast power stations AG (NOK) with 23%, the central-Swiss power stations AG (CKW) with 14%, the electricity company Laufenburg AG (EGL) with 16%, the Bern power stations AG (BKW FMB energy AG) with 10% and the Aargauer of power stations AG (AEW energy AG) with 5%. The management was originally done by the EGL, but with establishment of the Axpo it was consolidated within the Axpo group, so whereby today the NOK is the manager.

The station, as well as producing lots of lectric, is also well-know for creating a huge number of acronyms which have to be stored safely deep underground to avoid serious contamination of the German language.

Anyway it's TTFN and off to SYPTE for yet another example of the failure of the UKs commercial and/or tendered bus transport non-system to deliver common sense.

 "Another fine mess" blog : Thursday 22nd August 

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