The Black Forest (Schwarzwald)

So for this holiday season we decided to visit the Schwarzwald (Black Forest). Then i discovered that the Schwarzwald is not precisely _a forest_ but like a REGION full of the same kind of forests.

We were in the southern side, almost in Switzerland, so close that we were even sad that we could not just cross the border as easy as in non-corona times. So we still have this pending 😉

We were visiting a really popular place for skiing in winter, Todtnauberg, a small village beside Todtnau in Baden Wüttemberg. So long story short, pretty south. In summer you can go visit a huge waterfall which you see from a long set of stairs from up to down, pretty good for a short hike.

You can also buy local honey and do other activities like blowing glass spheres. When you visit this place tho, you either go to the small convenience store in the village or go to Todtnau for the supermarkets. There in Todtnau you can also find Germany’s longest roller coaster ride, which of course, we visited 😀

And if you go even more to the south (not still not in Switzerland) you can find REALLY LONG hiking routes (well probably not really long but i’m not a long distance hiking kind of person (?))
It was super beautiful!!… and super tiring, like we did 15km in 5 hours, but we saw waterfalls, shallow rivers (where we were walking and taking pictures), places full of huge plants (CR style) and many more beautiful things that i wish were not so hidden so we could reach easier and have a day just there… but precisely them being so hidden is what kept this places so perfect.

The temperature that week was around 24-30 so you can imagine how much did i want to get into every water mass i saw… but i was also super eavy dressed for hiking cause the last thing i need is to be underprepared for something i don’t usually do. Not a hiking person, but i enjoy the view so sacrifices had to be done.

After this 6h of hiking we went out where we left our car and drove to a restaurant that’s probably the most German restaurant i will ever see… tho i don’t know the name cause the name i noted down, is apparently the name of a regional beer that sponsors a lot of the restaurants of the area apparently. Failed right there. But i can remember it in a map! so if anyone ever needs it i can look it up 😀 the food there was AMAZING. We should make a blogpost about food from each German area.

Oh but not everything is in the south here… did you know that in the Schwarzwald is also the sunniest place of Germany? That would be Freiburg! Which we definitely visited too!

The cathedral of Freiburg is, hands down (to me) the most BEAUTIFUL church i have seen in Germany. At least from the outside. Freiburg itself is so pretty i wished for a moment we were living there. They have also a huge expat community and it shows in the many many international restaurants and businesses you can find. We even found a Costa Rican coffee toaster. I, of course, got a bag ♥

On our way out of the Schwarzwald we made a quick stop to visit a huge wooden structure in a pretty town up in the north which name i don’t remember. There are trains that go only up and down a mountain to take you to this, tho you must still walk over a huge chain of bridges in the treetops to reach there.

I have no idea how high are this structures… you have to pay to get there of course, around 10 euros. So… like 12 dollars. Be ready to carry cash with you, tho you can also book it from internet. Just… you will have to research for the name cause in my panic i forgot most of it. Then, in the middle of this HUGE thing there is a slide. Mmmhmm, like in the Burger King playgrounds. No, BK is not sponsoring anything.

It looks like death but somehow is not even that fast, is really good, would reccomend 10/10.

So now you know. If you visit Germany in either summer or winter the Schwarzwald is a good option… unless is winter and you don’t like to ski, like me. Then better visit in summer for an amazin hike, beautiful views, AMAZING FOOD and a pretty amazing time in general