Blogs from Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, Europe

So, after the hotel we went to Germany, which conveniently enough is 5 minutes away. Tim's Uncle Andy and Aunt Sylvia had planned to cook out for Tim, me, and the gang. Andy and Sylvia are the parents of Valerie and Nadine. Valerie is married to Toby; and Nadine is with Michael. (pronounced me-shell) Tim and I kicked it with them on night 1 - more about that later. Anyways, they cooked up one hell of a meal for us. Meat, potatoes, and salad. Toby cooked the meat and nailed it, we had chicken, bratwurst, chicken kabobs, sausage, and bacon. It was definitely to much to eat, but he did such a great job that no one could stop. The salad was perfect as well. It was lettuce, mushrooms, and krauter dressing which I can't really ... read more

I caught the train at 6:58 am, I almost missed it because I missed a turn and had to double back. I made all my connections thank fully and pulled unto Bleibach at 12:32pm where I saw the whole Clark family waiting for me. We went to thier house so we could figure out our next move. My room is thier livingroom but with a door, it has a huge couch that you can decided which way to lay. I had a roommate in that room, it was an Igauna, who had a floor to ceiling cage. They also have four cats which one is called Zombie because we they think he is 16 years old but are not sure and he is losing hair and just zombies around the house. They have a daughter named ... read more

Nick has been excited about skiing since we knew we were coming to Germany. So, this was his weekend. He loves skiing! I on the other hand have never been skiing and was slightly scared to try it. We went through the Outdoor Rec on base to rent ski's, boots, and poles. The rest of the gear we ordered online a few weeks earlier. Our journey began early friday morning. Unfortunately we didnt take into account the snow that fell overnight so it was after 6am by the time we left the Kulinarium. The roads weren't too bad but still slowed us down a little bit. We were heading to small ski resort area known as Feldberg. It took us far too long to get up the mountain due to the winding roads, slow traffic, and ... read more

If you can find a good deal into europe, flights in europe, if you can book ahead of time and travel light can be very economical! you can find accomadations throughout europe for what you would pay here in canada, the same goes for car rentals. You can even find some all Inclusive resorts in Spain! Some of the charter/tour companies are offering direct flights from canada into not only Germany, Holland and the UK, but also into Spain France, Greece and Italy, you can also book them with accomadations and cruises, and not only can you fly directly to one of these countries, you can actually return into canada from a different one that you have arrived at! Besides the charter, there are many direct flights into europe from canada, and the earlier that you ... read more

We are starting to notice autumn creeping up on us with the deciduous trees on the other side of the valley from our apartment turning golden yellow. We shall try and find a trail or two in the forest area that surrounds Bad Peterstal and take a walk in the Black Forest. After a leisurely breakfast and doing some more washing(it dries so quickly on our sunny terrace)we drove down the hill and parked RR with the idea of walking up the main road to the information centre to see if they had details and maps of local walks in the Black Forest. Before we started walking we also tried to see if we could log into an internet connection in the town as there was supposed to be a hotspot although we didn't know if ... read more