We met our friends at the Zürich Hauptbahnhof and took the direct train to Schaffhausen. Unfortunately (for all of us) LGG's second loose tooth is painful, so most of the trip we had to listen to her whine about how much it hurt. When we arrived at the Schaffhausen train station we looked for ticket machines for the bus, but when the bus arrived, we saw we could purchase tickets from the driver. We took the bus to Neuhausen Zentrum. As we got off the bus, we noticed that there was a sign on the stop saying that the buses would be out of service between 1:30 pm and 4 pm due to a Fasnacht parade. We followed the yellow footprints down to the waterfalls. Somehow we missed the stairs that went down right by the falls and took a farther out route as we went in search of a nice place to sit and eat and admire the falls. The restaurant at Schöss Wörth was completely booked, so we ate at the snack bar.
One of things I do to get ready for day trips is to take a look at map.search.ch for playgrounds. I had noted that there weren't any playgrounds indicated near the falls, but it turns out there was a playground conveniently located so that girls could play while moms could sit and admire the view. I have to admit, the falls were not as big as I thought that they would be, but they were pretty.
Afterward we walked back up to the city center and we were thinking of stopping for cake and coffee, when the Fasnacht parade came by. The girls liked collecting candy, but unfortunately, the other little girl had long curly hair, and it was too much of an irresistible target for confetti bearing marchers. We spent the rest of the parade protecting her hair from the confetti. The Geeks didn't make it to either of the big Luzern or Basel celebrations, but I think a small 30 band parade was probably the way to go for the kids. Oh, and we did stop for coffee and cake after the parade.
Anyways, I've made the first pass of vacuuming the confetti remnants, but I'm sure it will continue to appear for days.
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