A Georgia Girl in Germany

After a fairly close-to-home day on Thursday, we decided to venture a little further out on Friday…this time to Triberg--in the Black Forest. It’s best known for its waterfalls, which are the highest in Germany, at 535 feet. During the summer, you can hike to the top of the Gutacher Wasserfall, but since there was still too much ice and snow on the paths they were closed. We were only able to go up about five minutes worth, where the path was not terribly steep…but we still saw one of the seven beautiful cascades and the roaring stream (no doubt from all the melting snow) surrounded by moss-covered rocks below that led into the town. The kids wanted to climb higher (by going around the barricades), so hopefully I can take them back during the summer and do the complete hour-long trek.

We stopped in the House of 1,000 Clocks to look at original Black Forest Cuckoo Clocks. Benjamin was completely enamored by them, and kept saying “more cuckoo, more cuckoo,” hoping the clocks would chime again at his request. Too cute! We didn’t get a clock this time, but perhaps one of these days we will. Just have to wait for the right one to jump out at me.

We didn't do much more than window shop, except for an afternoon dessert...Dad wanted Black Forest Cake in the Black Forest, so we all stopped for dessert. MacKenzie still hasn’t figured out that German chocolate isn’t as sweet as what she likes, so continues to be disappointed when she gets something chocolaty, but I got the same pie and enjoyed it. Nana got a red currant pie, Zachary got a strawberry pie, and Benjamin got a tiny almond dessert with decorated almonds on top in the shape of the Easter Bunny--too cute! We all enjoyed our afternoon snacks (considering that MacKenzie picked at the more chocolaty parts of her pie)!

Labels: Benjamin, Germany, MacKenzie, Travel, Zachary