I must say having the European countries combine into the European Union definitely makes it easy for a touring many different countries. There are no borders or need to show your passport after arriving in your original country, it is no different from traveling state to state in the U.S. We have now been in 5 different countries with no hassles.
I was quite charmed by Germany, after crossing the Rhine and arriving in Germany we first saw people picking Strawberries on incredible contraptions while shaded from the sun. They were on wheels and they scooted using their feet. Of course the crazy American tourists took pictures!
We then had to find a petro station before heading into the Black Forest. We stopped at a Shell station (for some crazy reason they have been all over Belgium, France & Germany) and I went in to buy some bottled water and ask where the bathroom was. The cashier didn't speak English and I don't speak German but luckily we were able to converse in French (and no I didn't take a picture of the Shell station).
We then headed up the mountains and into the Black Forest. I did take a lot of pictures but some of them are not so great. At the peak of the mountain we were over 3,000 feet above sea level. It was really impressive!
There were also wild daises growing all over the place and I had to take pictures as well
After the Black Forest we headed back down the mountain to Baden-Baden. A little about Baden-Baden, it is a spa town and the German word Baden translates to "baths". After being separated from Tom & Sheree in a tunnel through the mountain and being thoroughly lost without a working GPS or a map of Germany we were able to find them with the use of our global cell phones (a really great idea, if I may say so myself). We enjoyed a late lunch in a Bier Garten and yes a couple of biers too. I don't have a lot of pictures of Baden-Baden as I was exhausted after being lost in a strange country and kind of forgot about the touristy things.
I did mange to snap this picture of a beautiful church with double spires that was close to the garage as well as this beautiful fountain
Today was the warmest day of our trip at a very balmy (hot) 86 degrees. Tomorrow is suppose to be in the 60's with an eighty percent chance of rain. We are hoping to tour the castle ruins that me missed out on yesterday but it depends on the weather.
Happy Memorial Day, until tomorrow.....
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