Today my days journey will be over to the Swabian Alp region, a bit east of the Black Forest. Yesterday I left the area of Freiburg to venture through some of the hills and countryside of the southern Black Forest. I had laid out my plans in August using Google maps. It was a real adventure, because I found it difficult to find some of the roads I was looking for.........even the GPS units had no idea where I was going part of the time. When I found the roads I wanted, they were well worth finding. The BMW handled superbly as I wound up and down through the hills and small towns of the Black Forest. I stopped and took a lot of photos of the rolling hills, beautiful homes, roaming cows, sheep, etc. By late afternoon I reached the town of Triberg, famous for the cuckoo clocks. The town had many tourist shops, obviously selling many cuckoo clocks, among other typical Black Forest souvenirs. I did go to
Shaefer's Cafe for my Black Forest cherry cake. It was good, but not as good as I had expected. They definitely should have used more cherries......perhaps their notoriety has had an impact on their quality. After having my cherry cake and a cup of coppuccino, I walked around the town a bit before heading north to my final destination of the day, Freudenstadt. The trip continued along the winding small roads and I reached Freudenstadt by about 6 PM. I easily found my hotel (thanks to the GPS), checked in and had a very nice trout dinner......... one of the recommended specialties of the area. After dinner with a very nice local seasonal beer (
Alpirsbacher) I perused the town a bit before heading back to the hotel for some rest and sleep.
Today my days journey will be over to the Swabian Alp region, a bit east of the Black Forest. Yesterday I left the area of Freiburg to venture through some of the hills and countryside of the southern Black Forest. I had laid out my plans in August using Google maps. It was a real adventure, because I found it difficult to find some of the roads I was looking for.........even the GPS units had no idea where I was going part of the time. When I found the roads I wanted, they were well worth finding. The BMW handled superbly as I wound up and down through the hills and small towns of the Black Forest. I stopped and took a lot of photos of the rolling hills, beautiful homes, roaming cows, sheep, etc. By late afternoon I reached the town of Triberg, famous for the cuckoo clocks. The town had many tourist shops, obviously selling many cuckoo clocks, among other typical Black Forest souvenirs. I did go to Shaefer's Cafe for my Black Forest cherry cake. It was good, but not as good as I had expected. They definitely should have used more cherries......perhaps their notoriety has had an impact on their quality. After having my cherry cake and a cup of coppuccino, I walked around the town a bit before heading north to my final destination of the day, Freudenstadt. The trip continued along the winding small roads and I reached Freudenstadt by about 6 PM. I easily found my hotel (thanks to the GPS), checked in and had a very nice trout dinner......... one of the recommended specialties of the area. After dinner with a very nice local seasonal beer (Alpirsbacher) I perused the town a bit before heading back to the hotel for some rest and sleep.
Cake sure looks good!! Beautiful photos!
ReplyDelete