November 27, 2023 - Switzerland 10.20.23, day eighteen.  A three and a half hour road trip in heavy, unrelenting rain to the town of Splugen in southern Switzerland, just five miles from the Italian border.  The downpour filled the many creeks and rivers along our way.  They are all tributaries of the Rhine River.  Uncut slate shingle roofs are common in the region.  Splugen in the rain.