These pictures are from one of the weekend excursions when were we still living in Horb. On September 1st we went to Schwarzwald (or Black Forest). We went to an open-air museum which showed how people in the Black Forest lived many years ago. They had numerous historical building such as farm houses, mills, sawmills, barns, stalls, a chapel, and store houses. We also went to dorotheenhütte Glashütte Wolfach (a glass blowing center). We were given a tour and saw how different glass pieces are made. Finally we went to Haus der 1000 Uhren (house of 1000 Clocks). This place was huge and had SO many handcrafted cuckoo clocks. The cuckoo clock was actually invented here in Deutschland. The Cuckoo Clock was actually first invented in Schwarzwald!
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