Rapperswil; Monday, 24 April, 2023

I had a couple of hours to kill before I could head back to the airport so after a long lie in and a late breakfast I checked out of the hotel and headed down into town to catch the train over to Pfäffikon.

When I’d gone through on Saturday for the ferry over to Ufenau I’d noticed a pretty mini castle on the road down to the landing stage. There hadn’t been time then to investigate at the time as I needed to make the ferry connection, so I decided to head over their first.

The site itself was closed, but you could wander around the outside of the mini castle and moat, as well as the attached chapel to take in the views.

From Pfäffikon I caught the train a couple of stops further up the line to the town of Richterswil where I arrived in time to connect with the ferry back down the lake to Rapperswil, so I had a final sail down the lake – which given it was a dull grey Monday afternoon was considerably quieter than it had been on the sunny Saturday afternoon.

I had a bit of a wander around the centre of Rapperswil before it was time to head back to the hotel, pick up my luggage and make my way back towards Zurich airport and my flight home.