Summer 2007 - Day 6

Day 6

We spent the day in the Black Forest surrounded by acres of woodland and cuckoo clock shops. The forest is also apparently filled with werewolves, sorcerers and witches. Didn't see any but I imagine the dwarfs keep them under control.

We bought ourselves a cuckoo clock and had it posted home or it would have taken up most of our boot. The making of cuckoo clocks has been developed in the Black Forest since the mid 1700's. Prior to that wood, silver and ore were the mainstays of the region. The main industry, now, is tourism.

We visited Triberg and gasped at the wonders of modern tourism. We then went and visited the waterfall. We paid our entrance fee, bought a bag of peanuts for the kids to feed the squirrels and nutcrackers and followed the crowds.

The Gutach Waterfall is the highest in Germany with a drop of 160 metres. The waterfall has 2 turbines and the electricity produced can power almost 1000 homes.

This photo was taken at the entrance to the waterfall.

The kids fed the squirrels and nutcrackers. Photo a bit blurry as these guys didn't believe in staying still.

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Other wildlife.

A fairly relaxing day.