Home again again again.....

What shall we do today? Let's go to France! Alrighty then. Had the most marvellous spread for breakfast/lunch including a slice of real Black Forest Gateau - made with schnapps. This slice was as big as my head but I managed the lot :0) Then it was in the car and over the Rhine to Strasbourg (about an hour away). Now if you get to see the cathedral in Freiburg and think it's big...which it is...then Strasbourg's is humongous!!! Ornate but not as interesting as ...

After a massive lie in, awoke to find our host has put on an amazing feast including cheese, bread, yoghurt, fruit, ham, juice, eggs...the works! Just what was needed for a day where we made a trip in to the 'spooky' Black Forest. Up the windy roads we drove, passed the windfarm, and it got mistier and cooler until it was easy to forget that it was a warm sunny day at the bottom of the mountain. We went for a walk through the trees to a lookout whilst Isabel to...

Was it worth getting up at 3:30 am (after 2 alarms that i had set incorrectly didn't wake me - bit of luck my body clock knew what was up!)? Definitely! Location, location, location - if that what 'it's' all about then you can't go far wrong with this place - so near to both France and Switzerland but with a full German character of it's own - a fantastic place. From the airport to the eespark (lake) to feed the swans and ducks in the sunshine and have some tra...

Home again :o)