The Black Forest

 We have a day to explore the Freiburg area. Like many of the towns we have seen it has the old town area and outside the old town is newer apartments and growth while the old town has lots of shopping and restaurants surrounding the cathedral. Overlooking the city is a castle/house that has views of the city. 

This would have been great except today is Sunday. Nothing is open several restaurants are even closed.  This seems to be the norm for the towns we have seen this trip.  We were able to take the tram to the castle/house for a view. On the way down we got caught in a thunderstorm I was unprepared since the sun was shining when we left the hotel. Dan did have an umbrella but we really didn’t need it after 30 minutes.   

Finished our walk and started to go into the cathedral when the entry is blocked off and several hundred people dressed in suits, ties, and dresses were waiting outside not to mention several clergy. Looked at our jeans and bedraggled rainy attire and decided I guess we can miss one cathedral 

Tomorrow we will have a private guide to bring us into the Black Forest. 

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