Do you know what it tells us?” Kristin Arnold, my guide in south-east Germany’s Saxon Switzerland national park, points at a large mass of light green moss growing on a boulder. A night train connects Zurich and Bad Schandau, and in March the European Sleeper running between Brussels and Berlin was extended to here. View image in fullscreen Rock climbers in the Saxon Switzerland national park. But after two serene days among the mountains of Saxon Switzerland, I’d probably marry a clump of Saxony moss if it proposed. Accommodation in Bad Schandau was provided by Hotel Elbresidenz an der Therme (doubles from €190 B&B, with Toskana Therme entry), via Tourism Association Saxon Switzerland.

Source: The Guardian August 01, 2024 17:05 UTC