Empress : Kaiserin: Lindau

Donnerstag, Juli 05, 2007

Lindau | Freiburg

Today's destination was Freiburg. We transferred in Basel, and thus travelled through Switzerland! It was a completely different feel between German and Swiss sceneries from the train, but both are fantastic. ;)

Five minutes after alighting at the Swiss station Basel we were on our way to Freiburg. My regret then - we didn't get to spend more time on Swiss soil, lol. Our hotel in Freiburg has great facilities, and of course that includes Internet access. That explained for that comment in German at my tagboard, hehe.

12.10 Uhr and we caught the train to Titisee. I really caught the sight of the legendary deer sculpture and the cross between Himmelreich and Hinterzarten! :D At Titisee the weather remained obviously freezing. Hiked a little of the nearby Black Forest, but I had to spare a thought for my parents so I stopped before it got too taxing. Was rather disappointed.

Titisee in the Blackforest

Titisee - the lake itself

In the Blackforest :D

The lake from the Blackforest. And it's not as freezing in the forest :)

More Blackforest. Doesn't seem so black when close after all eh? XD

Took the train to Schluchsee, a larger lake and located even higher than Titisee up in the Black Forest - however we didn't stay there for long. The rain came down even harder on us, the cold stinging. We returned to Freiburg. :(

Watched the broadcast of Wagner's Die Walkuere from the Bayreuth Festspiele 2007 on TV. Lengthy (duh), but awesome singers. Sir Simon Rattle was the conductor.