Diary

With a heavy heart we left the Black Forest. With a big lump in our throats. And some tears were shed… We have been 13 weeks and something in the area and we settled in well already. So it was very difficult to leave. Altogether we have been 95 days on tour for Schwarzwald Plus. A very clever touristic card. Everything that is offered by this card is free for the tourist. From the 80 experiences – that’s how the offers of this card are called – we visited 76 and took photos and described them. What we experienced we wrote in our weekly reports. Furthermore we went hiking, visited France and walked some adventure trails. We have lived in 14 different accommodations and met very many very nice people. We had a wonderful cooperation with the whole team of Schwarzwald Plus. We drove 6744 kilometers. I texted 20057 words. We

Our time here at the Black Forest draws to a close. Last week was a grand final with high culture but also some action. First we moved again. From one amazing view to another: Holiday flat at Haus Sieglinde. We had the huge roof-top apartment and with it a beautiful panoramic view. The house lies also right next to the forest and hiking trails. So there was no argument against early morning exercise… We soon tried to do the second part of the trail in the valley of the hammers. The way is really nice and the church ‚Michaelskirche‘ is a must see. It is quite unusual with the woven wood ceiling and its octagonal form. Just beautiful! And we have seen the log flume. Last time we simply walked past it… At the end of the round tour we had again some problems with the signs. In the description

Wow! Already fourteen weeks waltzing and time flies… We experience so much here… First we changed the flat again and moved in a completely new and lovingly designed holiday flat with a gorgeous view over Freudenstadt. Because of this view it is also called Panoramablick. We were very warmly welcomed and felt really at home. Saying good bye was as difficult as from a good friend. Also the last week was packed with tours and adventures. We have been to the Stadtmuseum Freudenstadt where by the way entrance is free! And we did a trip to Strasbourg. This beautiful town we reached with a one hour car drive and it has a romantic historic old town with very many small alleyways and the matchless French flair. And the cathedrale is definitely breathtaking and worth a view. After that we continued with culture and visited both castles in Rastatt: The Residential

Quite late but finally here: our weekly review. The last week has been again very interesting. The title of this post does not show all of it. On Saturday we moved – like every week. We went to the Hotel Schloss Silberberg. High above on a hill at the end of a dead end street you have not only a gorgeous view over the valley but it is also very quiet. The guests are a wild mix and rather international. There are a lot of activities offered in the hotel like fitness room, Sauna, Billiard, Darts and a youth room. We liked our stay there very much and met interesting people. But we could not enjoy the quietness very long and we were on the move again. We did a segway tour. First you get an introduction with theory and lots of practical exercises. It is not easy to step

Again a week passed by… How time flies… Last week we had two different domiciles: An incredible creative holiday flat – but unfortunately without Wifi – and then we stayed at the Tanne Tonbach. An innovative hotel with unusual facilities like a beer merry-go-round or a tree house sauna. But the most unusual thing was that we slept in different rooms. But that’s why we are on tour; to try out new things. First we had to work some time on all the things that we did the week before, when we experienced quite a lot. But we still had the time to discover and visit interesting sites and events. In Neuenbürg we have been to an medieval festival. That was quite relaxed but also really huge. There has been a handicraft quarter, a camp, a jousting area and a market with quite a lot culinary offers. The atmosphere was

In der 11. Woche haben wir wieder richtig los gelegt. Wir haben gleich drei Minigolfplätze besucht und drei Winzer. Dazwischen waren wir wandern und sind Bergbahn gefahren… Gewohnt haben wir im Gasthof Sonne und auch hier haben wir wieder “Gastgeber von Herzen” gefunden. Unsere Wäsche wurde gewaschen und wir hatten sogar ein eigenes kleines Büro für uns. Als ersten Programmpunkt stand bei uns das Besucherbergwerk in Freudenstadt auf dem Plan. Soviel können wir gleich sagen: Es ist nicht für Jeden was, denn es geht durch einen recht engen Schacht die Leitersprossen nach unten. Bei permanenten 8° ganzjährig eine gute Abkühlung im Sommer. Auf jeden Fall muss man hier etwas Zeit und vor allem warme Kleidung einplanen. Stabiles Schuhwerk und Kleidung, die auch dreckig werden darf, ist ebenfalls sehr zu empfehlen. Wir haben ja letzte Woche schon eine Schwarzwald-Plus-Open vorgeschlagen bei all den Minigolfplätzen… Jetzt haben wir wirklich alle besucht und müssen sagen:

In der zehnten Woche unserer Walz habt Ihr nicht viel von uns gehört. Das hatte zwei Gründe: 1. Wir waren in einem so naturnahen Gebiet, dass es dort noch nicht einmal Handy-Empfang gab und 2. Achim hatte einen Rippenschaden. Zunächst bestand sogar Verdacht auf Rippenbruch. Wir haben im Forsthaus Mittellangenbach gewohnt und das Tal mit dem übrigens wunderschönen Langenbach liegt so tief im Schwarzwald, dass es dort kaum Handy-Empfang gibt. Und unser Netz gab es dort gar nicht. Auch Internet läuft dort nur über Satellit und Ihr könnt Euch denken, dass da nicht viel zu machen war. Aber Achim war sowieso dermaßen zur Ruhe gezwungen, weil auch eine gestauchte Rippe tut bei jeder kleinsten Bewegung und selbst beim Atmen weh. Wie das passiert ist? Fragt nicht! Also war es insgesamt eine ruhige Woche. Am Montag Abend haben wir im Rahmen der Schwarzwald Plus Akademie eine Social Media Sprechstunde abgehalten und hoffentlich einige

In Week nine it was about culinary arts but also some leisure time fun. We moved again. This time into the holiday flat Murgtalblick. And the name is right. You can look quite far from the top there. First we tried the nature golf at Klosterreichenbach. This is so funny. You only play nine holes but they are anything but plane. You play on cobble stones, wood or sand. And you never know where the ball will jump to… After that we went to see black forest gammon. We learned a lot about the production of this culinary speciality from the black forest. And of course we had a look into the smokehouse and could taste the delicacies. And we went to see pony stables, where you can take a ride in beautiful nature. But we forwent it… Weather has been summer like again this week so we visited two