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It was really pretty there. The Rhein runs through town on one side and a wooded area on the other. It is very walkable and there are more cows than people (mostly highland cattle which are worth looking up if you're not familiar). There are three restaurants and a very small grocery store. I lived there because the regional headquarters of my church is located there as well as a very small Bible college (probably some tax thing). I seem to remember that the cheapest gas in Germany is in Büsingen but I walked most places or took the train. I did my grocery shopping on both sides of the border because it was cheaper in Germany but the milk was palatable, good even in Switzerland. It was a bit of a pain to have to use both Swiss and Euro currency but being American I was equally lost in both.
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This is an example of the "I've got your nose" device. 1340's Germany tradition held that the nose of a ginger child could cure the black plague. The "I've got your nose" device, pictured above, was used to gather the noses of these unfortunate children. Though the practice of harvesting noses soon died out, the idea lingered in the "I've got your nose" game that adults still play with children as a reminder of the horrors of the black plague.
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