on this Saturday I need a break and Alain agreed to go for a short hiking. Only half an hour outside of Winterthur you can walk to the Schauenberg. It is a hill only 890m above sea level but you have an excellent sight from the alps in the south to the Randen which is north of the river Rhein.

Alain sitting on the wall of the former tower on the Schauenberg
In the back you may see the villages of Eschlikon and Aadorf.