Day 1 in the Black Forest

Wednesday, June 13^th, 2012

Today’s gonna be a great day!  We are at Andrea’s house where we’ll be for the rest of the trip.  We got a good night’s sleep.  We had made arrangements to have breakfast at her parent’s house which was going to be a fun experience since her parents don’t speak English & Lee & Kelly only know some numbers & colors in German.  It all turned out well though.  We had a nice time with her parents & Marius before hitting the road once again.  We are definitely putting some miles on her car.  We stopped at Fremersberg to check out the surrounding area & then made our way to Baden-Baden.  I had never done the Merkurbahn so when Andrea suggested it I was game.  It was fun!  We rode to the top of the mountain, climbed the tower, & played on the playground.  Of course, as I was playing, I thought of Davis & started missing home.  Before I could get too depressed, we headed back down the hill.  The day wasn’t really planned out so it made for some nice surprises.  The best was the trip to Gagenau for an Unimog ride.  Instead of me explaining what it is, here’s a link to Wikipedia so you can check it out: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unimog.  There’s a museum & a ride but we opted for the ride only portion.  IT WAS A BLAST!!!  I’m going to try to attach a video but I can’t guarantee it will work.  Just take my word for it. 

  After such excitement, we all needed some food.  Our next stop was Gernsbach so we all voted on having a Döner.  It was Kelly & Lee’s first & I don’t think they were disappointed.  After lunch we walked around town.  As if we hadn’t eaten enough, we decided to go to Bühl for some ice cream.  We had to go to Bühl to drop Marius at the train station so it worked out perfectly.  He got the Spaghetti Eis which really does look like spaghetti & it tastes delicious.  He left for home & we hung around town for some shopping.  After spending some dough, we decided we were hungry…AGAIN.  Tonight was Flammkuchen night so we made the trek to Elsass, France.  We all stuffed our faces until we were almost sick…ok so maybe we were sick but it was good & I’m sure it was healthy.  Too much cheese can’t be a bad thing right?  Tonight was the Germany vs. Netherlands game so we made it back to Andrea’s for the second half of the game.  Germany won 2 to 1!  & on that note, it was time for bed….

 
 
 

 

 

 

 

 





 
 

Lee cracks me up!