Early start to catch the ferry back to Dover and managed to get on an earlier one, the new Spirit of France. Had breakfast in the restaurant and very good it was, all cooked to order and only £13 each. Good value.
Arrived home late afternoon.
A great month away travelling around Europe.
Left early for our trip back to Pas de Calais and our last night stop. Stopped for a short break in Saarbrucken. A nice centre but the area is very industrial.
A beer bike in
Arrived for our last stop at Chateau de Cocove and very nice place it was. Good dinner.
Went for a drive to a few towns around the Black Forest and started by going to a super town called Staufen where they produce various flavours of schnapps and of course had to sample some of the best gateaux of the region. The townsfolk were preparing for a wine and musical festival in the streets for the week-end.
The schnapps distillery
Next stop was St Blazien to visit one of the largest domed churches in Germany. Quite magnificent inside and very unusually all white.
Went back to Staufen for dinner and to watch some of the festivities.
We left Fusch early for us! Decided to split the six hour journey into three, stopping in Innnsbruck and Lindau in Bavaria.
The journey was through some beautiful scenery and getting into Innsbruck was easy with may Maybeline (sat Nav American ). We parked near the centre of town and walked off to find the Old Town. We found it relatively easily with some lucky decisions! Through the Arch into the older part of town had coffee in the main street and ambled through the old streets for about an hour. Lovely.
Central Innsbruck
Back in the car for another two hours to Lindau on Lake Constance (Bodensee) in Germany. This is an island in the lake with so many old buildings it has been listed in total. Bit of a difficulty finding it as our German is almost non existent. When we found it we realised so had most of Germany. It was very busy, but beautifully done. All the buildings were well kept up and the views were lovely, good choice to go there.
The Bodensee
Considering the whole island is listed there were some really modern and quirky bits of architecture. May send some of these examples to Mid Devon!!
Arrived at our hotel above Freiberg at 7.30 after a very satisfying day. Had dinner German style in the Munster Place, dull food, dull surroundings. A disappointing end to the day, hope for better from Freiberg tomorrow.
Street scape in Lindau
First full day in Freiburg. Hotel Mercure a bit disappointing as they are refurbishing it, and it needs it! Breakfast 17 euro, and charges for wifi, as a result we spend our early mornings in Freiburg at Starbucks!!! Learned this in China ( Shanghai) where we had the same problem.
The day was beautiful and we picked up a local map and took the walking tour. We walked from about 9 am to 4 pm taking lots of photos, reading info, having lunch etc.
We loved the city, very pretty, well worth a visit. We lunched in the Colombi Cafe, one of Leading Hotels of The World Group. Don’t know why everyone doesn’t as it was very cheap and great food. Evening restaurant menu looked very expensive, but lunch is always good value when it comes from the same kitchen.
The following are some examples of Freiburg.
Rathaus
Merchants House
Gothic Cathedral
Typical Street
The evening was completed with an excellent meal at a small restaurant on Konvictstasse. A couple of Dutch brothers running a small hotel/ restaurant called Krauzeblume. Chef trained in Amsterdam. Very good, we would definitely try there rome if we came back again.