To the Black Forest

We took a little day trip, not too far away, to the Schwarzwald (the Black Forest) here in Germany.

As we passed through the forest we were on winding mountain roads.
The town below is Triberg, where we spent our day.

Triberg is home to the highest waterfall here in Germany. It was beautiful!

The first time the boys had ever seen a real waterfall (and Elizabeth too but most things are the first time she's seen them hehe).

Beautiful!!

This is the nature trail we walked on near the falls.

We also stopped at the Haus der 1000 Uhren (House of a 1000 clocks).
SOOO many cuckoo clocks! I didnt buy one but I wanted too! :)
One day............ (I have my eye set on one in particular ;) )

Here is where we ate lunch and had a slice of the traditional Blackforest cake.
YUMMY!!
I wanted to get a picture of the cake before we ate it but it was gone before the camera came out of my bag. haha!

The inside of the restaurant was amazing. It was like an old mountain cabin with trophies of wild game hanging on the walls (we got video but no pictures, sorry).

Dennis even tried the "catch of the day" venison, offering all of us a bite to taste.

After lunch we went to the Blackforest museum to look at all the traditional clothing, lifestyles of the region.

Some neat traditional ladies clothing (can you see Elizabeth in the reflection).

Here is a clock peddler, how they sold their fantastic cuckoo clocks.
The clock maker piled all his clocks on his back and went house to house.

Of course I get a picture of the lovely dollies! :)

A wax figure of a woodworker. Amazing some of the woodwork they do!

What inside their house would look like.

A clock maker

All sorts of clocks! They had mechanical bands and music boxes too! Lovely!!

A quick scene before we left of the Blackforest surrounding the town.
It was a fun adventure out and about.