“Black Forest? Isn’t that a cake?” Tasting the cherry torte at its birthplace was of course on our agenda when we set out for Black Forest, but one of its ingredients held out a special promise. At a little café adjoining the end-of-line railway station at Seebrugg we order kirschwasser, literally translated cherry water. The waiter seems surprised. The liquor distilled from cherries is usually drunk after a meal. Well, we could use some to help digest the duck we ate on the way at Freiburg. Freiburg im Breisgau, an important town in the Black Forest region, was surprisingly sunny. A wedding ceremony on the cobbled square before the town hall; shoppers exploring the small town with big brands; and the tower of the legendary church presiding over it all. After a brief stroll and quick
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