We (especially Paul) are getting a bit
sick of being the car for long drives, and today was another long day
of driving, so we are probably going to start adjusting the schedule
for a bit of a driving break hopefully. There's quite a lot of traffic in Germany and lots of slow trucks so a two-hour trip can turn to 3 pretty easily. And don't get me started on the ridiculously long detours.
We drove for a bit in the morning and
stopped at Rotteln ruins, which were really beautiful castle ruins
and they are some of the biggest ruins in the area. This castle was
well defended with lots of gates, a thick wall around a village,
followed by more gates, drawbridges, and thick walls around the
castle. There were towers, arrow slits, tar holes, etc. for
protection. This castle saw a lot of battles!
After that, we wanted to enjoy the beautiful Black Forest so it was time to go up a mountain. Feldberg is an apparently popular place to hike
and it was busy, which was kinda annoying. We were looking forward to
a nice, quiet hike in the mountains. Instead, you had to pay for
parking, pay if you wanted to use a ski lift for half of the hike (we
chose to walk), and pay to climb the tower at the top of the mountain
(we didn't do this either). We were able to have a nice hike and found a bench all to ourselves to enjoy the views.
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