My parents in law are here for visit and our initial plan for the long weekend was to go to East Switzerland. However, we decided against it as it would be too much for them right after the long flight. So, on Sunday, we headed to Triberg, the highest waterfall in Germany set in the scenic Schwarzwald aka Black Forest.
Part of the drive was through the Black Forest and therefore very scenic. It is so green and full of live on a sunny day that one can almost forget the dark, grey, dull days that one has to constantly face in Germany. I think when it comes to bad weather, Germany should be right up there with England although England seems to be more notorious.
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There is a small entry fee to the waterfall - 3.50 € per person. It is a good place to take a not so difficult hike and get some good views of the fall. The fall itself is broken into several levels and is not a single big fall. There is an easy route and a difficult route available for the hike. The routes are lined with beeches, pines and other trees which I cannot name due to my extremely limited knowledge in botony. :) There are plenty of very friendly squirrels all over the place and one can buy a bag of peanuts to feed them at the ticket counter.
We took the easy route as Sunshine was there with us and had a small picnic of bulgur and gigantes plaki that we had packed. Sunshine was so happy to be outdoors on a fine day - he ran all over the place - up and down the slopes looking for squirrels. We didnt go all the way up but had a good time nonetheless.
Once we came back into the town, we bought a cuckoo clock at a shop called Elbe. The largest cuckoo clock in the world is situated right next to the shop, but it was already closed by the time we reached. We had been inside the clock a couple of times before, but it would have been interesting for Papa and Mummy.We then had a very late 'Kaffee and Kuchen' pause at a local cafe. Mummy and I had some delicious eggless sachertorte, DH had Apfelstrudel and Papa had a piece of Schwarzwaldkirschtorte which was a bit too full of liquer for his taste.
Black Forest is so nice when the weather is good. Since we travel far so often, we havent spent much time exploring Germany. Need to do this more often.
Part of the drive was through the Black Forest and therefore very scenic. It is so green and full of live on a sunny day that one can almost forget the dark, grey, dull days that one has to constantly face in Germany. I think when it comes to bad weather, Germany should be right up there with England although England seems to be more notorious.
There is a small entry fee to the waterfall - 3.50 € per person. It is a good place to take a not so difficult hike and get some good views of the fall. The fall itself is broken into several levels and is not a single big fall. There is an easy route and a difficult route available for the hike. The routes are lined with beeches, pines and other trees which I cannot name due to my extremely limited knowledge in botony. :) There are plenty of very friendly squirrels all over the place and one can buy a bag of peanuts to feed them at the ticket counter.
We took the easy route as Sunshine was there with us and had a small picnic of bulgur and gigantes plaki that we had packed. Sunshine was so happy to be outdoors on a fine day - he ran all over the place - up and down the slopes looking for squirrels. We didnt go all the way up but had a good time nonetheless.
Once we came back into the town, we bought a cuckoo clock at a shop called Elbe. The largest cuckoo clock in the world is situated right next to the shop, but it was already closed by the time we reached. We had been inside the clock a couple of times before, but it would have been interesting for Papa and Mummy.We then had a very late 'Kaffee and Kuchen' pause at a local cafe. Mummy and I had some delicious eggless sachertorte, DH had Apfelstrudel and Papa had a piece of Schwarzwaldkirschtorte which was a bit too full of liquer for his taste.
Black Forest is so nice when the weather is good. Since we travel far so often, we havent spent much time exploring Germany. Need to do this more often.
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