Today we traveled by bus again and made a few stops along the way. The days are starting to blur a little and I could be out of order with some of this stuff. One of our stops was at a rock carving of a dying lion. He is a memorial for the Swiss Army soldiers who died during service to their country. We might have actually seen him yesterday....after carefully examining our last few days, the lion was yesterday.
What did we do today? Now, I remember...we stopped at Reinfall. This is a very pretty spot on the Rein River. From there we traveled on to Hiedleburg through the Black Forrest. We stopped at a little coo coo clock shop where we had lunch and saw a demonstration on who the clocks are made. Some of us sampled authentic Black Forrest cake. Once in Hiedleburg, where we visited an old castle ruin, which is home to the largest wine barrel in the world. This thing is huge!!! We road a funicular down the mountain or hill, it wasn't as big as Mt. Pilatus, and then we walked around the cobble stone streets of Hiedleburg. Some of the shops were closed due to Easter...that brings me back to this morning!
When the kids came down for breakfast the Easter Bunny...aka Mrs. Mayer...had little presents for all of us. There was something from each place we visited. It was very thoughtful and I think it made the kids really happy. At supper tonight, the hotel gave each of us a chocolate bunny and an Easter egg. We are know enjoying our hotel and relaxing. Tomorrow is another tour of an older city and then we get on the bullet train for Paris. It is just the 13 of us going to Paris and we are really excited.
Happy Easter to everyone at home from all of us in Germany.
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