Triberg

We took a couple of days off after Paris. We were all pretty worn out, and we needed the break. But, it was back in the saddle a couple of days later, when we went to Triberg. Triberg is known for having Germany's tallest waterfall and lots of cuckoo clocks. It's only 3 hours away, which made it a fine day trip.

The trip down was fine. There was lots of construction, which was frustrating, but no big deal. Once we got down into the Black Forest, it was a very pretty drive. We stopped at the House of 1000 Clocks on the road to Triberg and admired the cuckoo clocks. I didn't count, but it didn't really seem like there were 1000 of them. I think that might be an exaggeration.

This was actually the 2nd House of 1000 Clocks we saw. We saw 3 altogether.

The beginning of Triberg is not promising, and I didn't know what to expect from the town itself. We wanted lunch, and so pulled over in an area that seemed to have foodstuffs. Unfortunately, most of them were closed. There was a doner cafe open, though. David saw it and recalled that his German friend had told him to try doner. So, we did. I <3 doner. It's what we commonly think of as gyro in America - that meat that's all pressed together on a vertical spit and shaved off into a pita. On our Middle East trip, it was called shawarma. Whatever it's called, I love it. *Side note - when we were in Greece, our gyros were chunks of meat, not shaved slices*

We got back in the car and drove up to the entrance to the waterfall. That's where the rest of the restaurants were, up there in the touristy area. That's fine, we enjoyed our doner very much, and I'm sure it was about a billion times cheaper. We stopped in a dirndl shop (I want a dirndl, but I'm not willing to spend the 200+ euro that the nice ones cost. I just wanted to see how much they were in this one.

Then it was to the waterfall. One thing I love about most of Europe - the family ticket. Two adults and two or three kids can get in on one ticket that's cheaper than the individual tickets combined. We got the combination ticket that would take us to the waterfall and the Black Forest museum. The waterfall is very pretty. It falls in several sections, so you can't get the whole thing at once, but I think it actually makes it prettier. It was green and cool in the park, and the paths were very pleasant for walking.

Baby spiders

After the waterfall, we walked across the street to the museum. I love museums like this. Clocks, clothes, folk art, music boxes, etc. It was great. Most of it was housed in an old building with fantastic carvings on all of the decorative wooden pieces - mantels, stair rails, door frames. It would have been worth it just to see the building.

A giant music box

Beautiful door

An entire carved room

Ding Dong!

Organ grinder music boxes

Look at the story here. Sick mothers, people being stoned, a guy with an axe? I don't get it

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Jen & I found a cafe that had take out Black Forest cake, so we got some to bring home with us (none of us were hungry just then).

We drove home to get ready for tomorrow's trip - Switzerland, Liechtenstein, and Austria!

Emma says- I didn't care about the clocks, but I got a little fuzzy key chain thing. At the waterfall, I got peanuts to feed the squirrels. David and I crawled around on the rocks, too, so that was fun. When Mom & Jen went to get the cake, David & I went to the car and wondered why it had to be so hot.