Our first day in Germany was one stuffed with a number of pleasure!
See a mere 48 hours earlier than, we weren’t even positive we’d be capable of make it to Germany and after weeks of being caught at residence, unable to journey. As such a possibility to get to journey (to locations we had been formally allowed to journey to by) was one we didn’t take evenly in any respect.
Our vacation spot this time can be the Black Forest. We really flew into Stuttgart however after this journey to Stuttgart (on this submit right here) – we determined to provide Stuttgart a miss on this journey and go straight to the Black Forest.
Now, there’s one a part of the Black Forest I’d at all times been intrigued – The Baumwipfelpfad Schwarzwald Tower.
It’s primarily this enormous unimaginable tower smack bang in the midst of the Black Forest and it’s nothing wanting spectacular. Higher but – you possibly can really stroll to the very prime of it so, inside minutes of arriving within the Black Forest, we headed straight for the tower.
To get there it’s important to undergo this unimaginable treetop stroll (it’s like a ‘bridge path) which traverses by the forest. It’s actually enjoyable to stroll by and is likely one of the greatest methods to soak up the wonder that’s Germany’s Black Forest.
Not lengthy after you begin the treetop stroll, you quickly arrive at The Baumwipfelpfad Schwarzwald Tower.
Attending to the highest is pretty simple. It’s a round stroll and the incline shouldn’t be steep in any respect, making it fairly simple to make your approach up prime the highest, with the forest revealing extra of its grand magnificence with every passing step.
You’ll discover as you make your approach up, an enormous slide spiralling by the center of The Baumwipfelpfad Schwarzwald. Take notice!
See, you possibly can really go on the slide – making it not simply the quickest strategy to get again down however simply essentially the most enjoyable approach too!
Finally, we arrived on the prime of The Baumwipfelpfad Schwarzwald and after taking a while to correctly respect the superb view from the highest, we headed over to the slide.
By the best way, you do need to pay to go down the slide (carry money with you – they don’t take playing cards) but it surely’s solely a small nominal quantity and it’s simply one of the simplest ways to complete off a go to to the tower.
Leaving the tower we headed over to the Wildline Suspension Bridge. The bridge is definitely only a brief stroll from the tower and it’s so price a go to because it has among the finest views of the Black Forest.
Heads up although, if you’re afraid of heights this bridge is a little bit of “legs tremble” as it’s fairly excessive and feels fairly bouncy the extra you head in direction of the center.
It’s humorous how time creeps up on you if you’re having enjoyable!
We had solely deliberate on staying right here for a number of hours on this a part of the Black Forest however with seeming ceaseless “Oooh”ing and “Aaah”ing on the views, we quickly realised that we’d just about spent our total day simply surrounding ourselves in nature.
It could have simply been the entire “being caught at residence for weeks” factor however the alternative to simply go on an impromptu jaunt by the forest was one which felt like such an on the spot serotonin enhance – making us giddy with pleasure but additionally blissful at relieved at with the ability to discover this magnificence first-hand.
We did have plans to discover our subsequent cease on the journey – Baden Baden, which can also be the place we might be spending the night however there was no approach we might be capable of make it there with sufficient time to discover it and make it for the dinner plans we had that night. (Been wanting ahead to that dinner for all day! 😋 😋 😋 😋)
With that, we made our approach again to our automobile (we obtained a stunning Mercedes Benz for this highway journey – appeared apt as they’re from this a part of Germany and we visited their museum final time we had been in Stuttgart) and headed over to Baden-Baden.
Baden-Baden is one other superb place to go to within the Black Forest because it’s often called a spa city. Town has attracted Royal Households and celebrities for hundreds of years and it’s simply such a stunning place to sit back and loosen up.
On arriving on the Baden-Baden we determined to go straight to the resort – The Aqua Aurelia Suitenhotel, to check-in!
Seeing as we didn’t have practically sufficient time (or daylight left)to discover Baden-Baden correctly, we determined to sit back and loosen up for a little bit of slightly bit earlier than heading into city for dinner.
To be honest, we had been planning on going for a fast stroll however the resort had a correct welcome, with drinks and so it was a no brainer to go away the exploring until the following day.
Dinner for us was at a fairly extremely beneficial place referred to as Fritz and Felix. Spoiler alert – the place is well worth the hype! Soooo a lot good meals! 😋 😋 😋 😋
Now, keep in mind how I mentioned that Baden-Baden is a spa city?
Properly, you’ll discover whilst you stroll by the city that the Fountains in Baden-Baden have geothermally heated spa water coming from their spouts, create a delightfully alluring steamy haze that makes you wish to take a dip within the fountain (although, it’s not like you might really match into it).
We arrived at Fritz and Felix for dinner a tad early so we stopped off within the bar for a number of drinks to kick off the night.
The bar is likely one of the nicest on the town (and in addition got here extremely beneficial) so you’ll want to make a while to pop in, earlier than and even after dinner.
Lloyd went for a Fizzy Italicus and I went for a Fritz + Felix Spritz… each of which went down a deal with.
Earlier than lengthy, we had been beckoned to our desk the place we commenced on what can be an epic feast!
We began with foie gras for Lloyd and plucked lobster for Yaya.
The principle course got here within the type of Charra Beef for Yaya and Iberico Pork for Lloyd – each cooked to perfection.
For dessert, we determined to go along with a deconstructed cheesecake for Lloyd (can’t fairly keep in mind the precise identify of it) and pavlova for Yaya.
Once more, one other good alternative! It went down a deal with! 😋😋😋😋
With that, we determined to name it an evening, desirous to stand up early the following day to discover Baden-Baden and much more of Germany’s stunning Black Forest.