Black Forest

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Geo: 48.0154, 7.80161

Our travel book on road trips recommends this drive through the Black Forest. I was surprised at how well the little car performed in the hilly areas. It is a 5 speed transmission and seems to be a semi-automatic. When shifting there is a pause between gears suggesting an electric clutch in conjunction with a computerized transmission. There are also paddle shifters for manual selection.

The Black Forest area is heavily forested and large portions of it are protected park areas. During the winter this would be ski country. At this there are numerous hikers. Seems to be a German pastime.

We arrived at the open air museum mid-afternoon. Buildings date back to the 1600's. One building is on its original site. The others have been moved from other locations.

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