Had time to build the bike and explore a bit of Triberg today. It’s very Black Forest and Alpine here with the (rather large) hills and quite Bavarian looking houses, which isn’t surprising really as it’s located smack-dab in the middle of it.
The windows were open last night to hear the Wasserfall and we had the best sleep in ages!
Triberg overview
The big job of the day was to get the bike put together for tomorrow and the box ready to ship to Hungary. This was not a hardship since it was pouring rain outside! The owner of the hotel was so fascinated by the tandem and asked to take a picture. Steve has the rebuild down to about two hours now, although we did take a break for a proper Germanic breakfast. Several different kinds of yogurt with fruit and nuts, boiled eggs, a variety of crisp vegetables, and sliced meats and cheeses along with crusty bread and fresh butter. Won’t be needing any more food until dinner!
We knew there was a Lidl in town so we walked until we found it - a mile downhill. Picked up snacks for tomorrow, checked out the very low wine prices and walked the mile back uphill, passing not one, not two, but three other markets we’d missed on our way down! Oh well, at least we got our steps in and were also incredibly thankful that we hadn’t had to push that box all the way up that hill!
When we checked in, we paid the €12 city tax and received a card for entry to three museums and the Wasserfalls. First time we’ve gotten something back from paying the city tax. More uphill on the walk to the falls, but definitely worth it - they were just as billed - very high and gorgeous!
Then on our way down the hill, we visited the Schwarzwald Museum which was all about Triberg, the Black Forest, the costumes and the clocks. Thought it was going to be just a little place, but it was packed with rooms depicting life here - lots of big stoves, fluffy duvets and snow boots, along with views of how people lived and worked. A woodworker, clockmakers, a granny in her kitchen braiding straw into slippers and an interesting mine shaft showing the workers and hundreds of different sparking crystals and stones that they mined. The area is renowned for its clocks and musical glockenspiels. The clocks ranged from hand painted enamel to moving farm cuckoo clocks, and intricately carved grandfather clocks. There is an annual festival here called the Ham Festival where people dress up in costumes and masks so we saw some of those. There were also some amazing miniatures throughout the museum including a replica of the hills and valley we’re in. Well worth the visit!
Came across some teddy bears climbing the House of a Thousand Clocks! So many cool things here, but can’t add any weight at this stage - we’d have to carry it all the way to Hungary!
There was more rain, but we missed most of it. Had another great dinner at La Cascata and then headed off for an early bed!
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Bike went together pretty well, still have to get it down to street level, left the tyres flat in case wheels need to come off🤔. Wine price is in euros, it’s like being back in Italy, in both the UK and the USA wine is taxed to death!! Fun starts tomorrow with a climb out of here and off we go … hopefully the “biblical rain” holds off 😎
ReplyDeleteWhat a cute town! Nice to get in a day of sightseeing before hitting the road. Hopefully you get at least your first day with no rain, especially with the climb. I'm such a fairweather rider. 😀
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