Blogs from Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, Europe

Where in the world is Gabby the motorhome? She is in a city. You know us well by now . We don't really like busy cities and normally we would avoid them like the plague . That is unless something is worth seeing. We had started the morning in a rather cold and dismal Lake Constanz, done our shopping, emptied Gabbys toilet and filled her with water. We had restocked the cupboards thanks to Lidl and plenty of fresh bread. The journey to Freiburg was not the most pleasant. The roads were exceedingly busy, It felt as if all of Germany were on the road. As always we found many roadworks. Germany is still spending on their roads. Some are being completely dug up and many have lanes coned off. It took us rather a long ... read more

We just had a wonderful one week trip to visit our dear friends near Freiburg, Germany. We had first met Angelika, Achim and their 3 children when we were only 26 years old back in Botswana! Fortunately our friendship has lasted over the years and distance. We have seen each other a few times since then, but the last time we saw them was 7 years for Achim and 13 years for Angelika. With friends like these that doesn’t matter as we were able to pick up right where we left off without any difficulty. Unfortunately we didn’t get to see the children (who are now grown with families of their own) but we did get to see Gitti (Angelika’s sister) whom we have known for many years as well. Thanks to skype we did get ... read more

Geo: 47.9972, 7.85377 So, we really only had one day to spend in the Black Forest, due to our first late train. I have to hand it to the Europeans for having a ridiculously efficient and timely train system. The one time our train was late, it was REALLY late. We had a three hour ride from Interlaken to Freiburg, and just 30min from our last stop, the train came to a halt in the middle of nowhere. Several announcements went off in German, of course none of which we understood. Per usual, we just knew something was wrong based on everyone else's reactions. We werent the only two confused travellers, though, so a German guy was translating for another guy. He said that there was an accident on the tracks up ahead, and our train ... read more

My weekend in Freiburg was full of little coincidences that made the trip AMAZING. The train ride was about 5 hours long but not bad...although, it was quite tiring. I had my first Subway sandwich since I left home. It was magnifico! When we (Paola, Storm, and I) arrived in Freiburg, we went in search for Laura (who is currently studying there). After finding her, it was then time to head out to the Stadtmitte(city center). Freiburg is glorious with its 13th Century architecture and cobbled-stone streets. There are street trains going every which way. Most importantly, the sun was shining on Saturday. All of this combined put me in a good mood. One of the most familiar parts of Freiburg is what I like to call the corner of Starbucks and Subway. It is in ... read more

Our journey to Freiburg was a rainy train ride but that didn't dampen the beauty of Autumn in the Black Forest. Once we arrived it was a quick tram ride to Charis and Yalany's apartment where we met Ingo and his trusty companion Cappuccino. They all welcomed us with open arms and a delicious homemade pizza was soon to follow. The next day, weary from our travels, Ingo took us to a traditional hot bath house. This place was man made, they drilled down to an underground hot spring and piped it up at a wonderful 55 degrees C. There were several pools inside and outside at varying temperatures including an outdoor temp pool for circulation, which we took a vigorously quick dip in. This was a super experience and relaxed us almost to the point ... read more