Mercure Hotel Freiburg am Muenster Freiburg im Breisgau

... fly back from Australia for the reception at his venue!<br><br>In the front garden, he showed us their herb garden, saying that youngsters these days don't know what herbs look like if they're not in a jar - "they can only recognise garlic and leek"! Helen did very well speaking to him in German, translating the highlights for us.<br><br>We continued our walk up the hill, along a very steep path through a field and into the forest. It was lovely and cool in the ...

We caught the wrong train and wound up in Gengenbach. While we were waiting for a train back we met a lady who told us the town had a beautiful old-town section. So we went discovering again. After a good look around we stopped at a pub while we were waiting for the next train and got talking to the owner. Turns out he'd been to Australia on holiday, so we had a good time talking to him until it was time to go.

Day trip from Villingen. Wolfach has a factory cum tourist attraction where they blow the glass manually. It was good to watch them making vases etc. in the traditional way. The highlight for me was dobbing Roz in to get up on the stage and blow her own vase. She did a good job, and we bought the vase and brought it home. A very special souvenir.

... whole process to us. Also went for a walk up the path that follows Germany's highest waterfall. Saw the worlds largest working cuckoo clock. It's literally the size of a house. So many woodcarving shops in this town. We caught a bus to another local town that has a clock museum. Some amazing gear in there.

... Got the wobbly boot on after a few after-dinner beers and a couple of Jagermeisters. Strolled around town for a while just looking, and happily never lost my footing in the snow or on the ice covered footpaths. Did do a couple of tap dances, but didn't go down.

... with costumes and masks and bands. Damn near froze standing still for that long, but I had a good vantage point for the pictures so I wasn't going to move for fear of losing my spot. After the parade we got stuck into the gluhwein and some hot food then went back to the hostel for a hot shower, then out for dinner. We went to a local brewery that had a restaurant incorporated and had such a good time that we made it a regular while we were there.

... the seeing the pyramids is not coming true, nor exploring Troy, Turkey. I was even more excited for Turkey because of all of the research and paper writing I have done this semester about it. No Rome, Pompeii or Sorrento. No Istanbul, Canakkale, Troy, Bosphorus Strait. No Alexandria, Cairo or pyramids. It also means no Mediterranean Sea or Suez Canal. I am just soooo bummed. Now, we are going to Casablanca, Morocco, Walvis Bay ...

... spent the weekend with my parents, using Villingen as a home base. Saturday we made our way into the Schwarzwald (Black Forest) and spent the day in Freiburg im Breisgau, a beautiful old university city. The name comes from the fact that the town got so rich they bought their freedom from the ruling counts. Anyway, we spent most of the day just walking around, taking pictures, looking at buildings, and so on. The fantastic Münster (cathedral) was a central focus ...

... back) to popular rap music. Stephanie and I try to cook dinner most nights of the week. We're getting really good at it to. We have a grocery store on the way home which we have stopped at every day that we have been here. The center of town also has the munster markt which sells more fresh fruits and veggies than anyone could ever want. We had a little dinner party last night with 6 other girls from our housing complex. It ...

... Spuk und Aberglaube" statt. Unser Stadtführer brachte uns an viele Plätze und berichtete von den düsteren Legenden, die man sich darüber erzählt. Viele liebe Grüße aus dem Breisgau, Caroline und Ruben P.S. Vielen Dank für den Ausflug nach Freiburg, lieber Michi! Videos: Aussichtsturm Freiburg Und nochmal, diesmal vom Schauinsland Bergbau (Achtung laut)