Black forest Cuckcoo!

So I think we last left a message in Koln. We stayed with a great host, Inga , who took us out for a traditional german beer and to chat about stories of traveling. Koln is a really cool city, not very touristy. We climbed the giant tower up the cathedral... both getting quite hot on the way up, we weren't the only ones- the stairway smelt of sweat. Worth it though! I then couldn't resist the Lindt chocolate museum.. and dragged Harri round the history of chocolate for a thimble worth of chocolate.

Hitchhiked down the Bacharach the day after. Took us a while and had a long walk up to the castle hostel we were staying in with our giant bags on. The view at the top was amazing. WE could see for miles along the Rhine and the full moon illuminated the whole place. Harri had a good nights sleep above a elderly man with a machine helping him breathe that sounded a bit ghostly.

The next day was the start of the bad weather. Too tired to hitch further we decided to stay in Bacharach and camp by the side of the river. Made friends with a very old german woman who brought out deckchairs every time we approached the tent. For tea we tried to try out the local german bratwurst. But it melted into a mushy mess when we cooked it on the camping stove- still tasted good.

The next day we had been invited to see Seb and Ann in Saarbrucken. Seb and Harri met in Morocco volunteering together. The hitch from bacharach was easy to the next service station. But being to hasty we went further than we needed and found ourselves in quite a bad service station for the direction we were going. Four hours later Seb came to our rescue! And drove us back to his Girlfriends flat - some very interesting decor. We had a very nice chilled couple of days out, having a few drinks which is what we needed after the hectic first week of our trip. We had a really cool time with them. They drove us to Luxemburg and we made them some traditional fish and chips.

Back on the road we headed down to the black forest region to Frieburg. We decided to take some chill out time and stay here for 4 nights in a campsite in Kirchzarten. The weather hasnt been too great but we#re keeping warm and dry- no hypothermia yet :P Had a spontanteous night in Basel last night - switzerland. Done lots of walking on forest 'paths'. Well me following Harri to the peak dodging branches and toadstools - fun :)

Today not too much hard walking, went to see the highest waterfalls in Germany in Triberg. Had a nice picnic and wine at the top and the sun peaked through the clouds. Then had a lecture on cuckoo clocks from a salesman in the town.

Next stop Munich on Friday to see the crazy Oktoberfest and meet up with Antoinne :D

Lots of love Harri and Lauren xxxxxxxxx

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harripix on September 30, 2010 from Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany

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