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landhotelbaslerhof · 5 years ago

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travels-with-chris · 7 years ago

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Freiburg

The first day in our campsite just outside Freiburg did not go according to plan. Scorching hot when we arrived with most people in the campsite lake, soon changed by the time we decided to go in, with thunder and lightening and a severe downpour. With no ATM or shop nearby, when it stopped raining, we managed to sit by the lake with a beer and some chips, with our only highlight watching people fall over wake boarding around the lake. Sad but true.

Day two was hot and we were up and out. We knew where we wanted to go to but getting there was another thing. The reception were very vague, so we wandered for 15 minutes, waited for 20, caught a bus for 15 then a tram for another 15, before as luck would have it we were then in the centre.

Despite a very unhelpful tourist office, we bought a €1 map and took the Richard guided tour of what is billed as "the jewel of the Black Forest." With a quick coffee and cake break out the way, we started at the colourful old town hall. We passed the new town hall before partly seeing St Martins church, which we could not enter due to scaffolding all around it. Outside were colourful mosaics of the coat of arms of Freiburg and its partner cities. As we walked the busy streets we passed the Whale House with impressive gothic portal bays. Our next stop was Baslerhof, the name of the regional council. The big attraction in the square is the Cathedral, but it had a service on so we took pictures from outside, ready to return later. On we went to the Historical Merchants Hall, which is adorned with Habsburg sculptures and coats of arms. With a pretty palace and museum also in the square, there was lots to see and photograph. Finally, in the square, Alte Wache is a wine tasting house for the local region and no, whilst we looked around it we did not partake. Five minutes away and we saw Swabian Gate built in the mid 13th century, which is the younger of the two remaining city gates. We walked through the gate as both sides provided good photo opportunities, before walking back the way we had come to Germany’s oldest inn, Zum Roten Baren - no, still no drinking! Next there was a pleasant walk along some small canals which took us to the other gate, Martins Gate. This served as a former prison and was raised and extended at the beginning of the 20th century. Now it is emblazoned with the McDonalds logo, which seems such a shame. We headed back to where we had disembarked the tram to pass the old university, university church and library, which is a modern building and as we can vouch had free toilets. For some unknown reason we went on a trek to find the jazz house then concert hall before returning towards the centre to see the Colombischlossle Villa. Built for a countess in the style of an English gothic revival, it is now home to the archeological museum. Our final sight was back to the cathedral as the service was now over and we could enter. It was big, impressive and also lovely and cool, in the temperature sense. It is worth mentioning the Bachle or small canals or channels besides the pavements, which run through the old town. Built as an aid to firefighting water, today legend has it that anyone who takes a dip will marry a Freiburg citizen. Nothing further to report.

We found an Aldi for essentials and caught the tram then bus back, which should have been that, except the bus stopped short of the final stop so we carried the shopping 1.5 miles back to base. So hot were we, that it was time to cool off, so we managed to swim in the lake, play ball and even have time for a beer or two, whilst watching people fall from their water skis into the water, all before bed, how do we do it all? Best not to answer.

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