The Black Forest region is blessed with a particularly rich mythological landscape. It is said to be haunted by werewolves, sorcerers, witches and the devil in differing guises. Helpful dwarves try to balance the scales. They must have all been napping when we were there.
The Adlerschanze ski-jump was built in 1924 here in Hinterzarten. The cool weather today (probably in the 50s) and a little bit of shivering made it a bit easier to picture this area covered in snow..
The last stop on our trip was the town of Triberg im Schwarzwald (Triberg in the Black Forest). This area is known for wood-carving, in particular cuckoo clocks. The selection in this store was mind-boggling. We hope someday to buy an authentic German cuckoo clock, but couldn't come close to making a decision today.
We visited a folk museum that has Europe's largest barrel organ collection.
Emilie liked this lady's hat which could be a variation of the traditional Bollenhut. Bollenhut usually have enormous red pompoms (if you're unmarried, black if you are) and is the hat that many female figurines wear on cuckoo clocks.
Thank goodness the clocks were all set to different times in the museum, so that we didn't have to wait 50 minutes to see a cuckoo.
One item at the museum where we didn't need to say, "No touch!"
Triberg is also famous for its waterfalls. The brochure claimed that these falls are the tallest in Germany, but my research has shown them to be the second tallest.
You can buy peanuts here to feed the squirrels. This was the only squirrel we found to feed. Squirrels in Germany are usually red.
Leaving Triberg, we happened upon the World's Largest Cuckoo Clock. This is not it. We thought it was. The actual Cuckoo Clock was on the other side of the building. Check out the pompoms on the ladies' hats.
This is the World's Largest Cuckoo Clock.
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