Sunday 30 September 2012

Germany, the Black Forest

I would love to share photos of the black forest, we found some really beautiful roads to ride along but pictures of trees flashing by are simply not interesting,
We decided to stay overnight at Freudenstadt as it looked a reasonable size town on the map although without wifi we couldn't really check it out in detail so we did it the old fashioned way. Ride into a town, look for hotel signs or tourist info office, follow them , get lost, get off the bike, tum it around and try again!!! Usually we look for a small hotel/guesthouse near the town centre with somewhere to park the bike out of sight. The bike may be old but its our only means of getting home !

Freudenstadt, Germany

So when we pulled up outside this hotel, my first thoughts were 'ok, well out of our league here, lets try somewhere else' but then I thought ' we're grown ups now (that always comes as a shock !) lets just see how much for one night'

We stayed to enjoy the luxury for a change, bathrobes and slippers provided, baby grand being played softly in the bar, chandeliers in the dinning room although we did feel a little uncomfortable being welcomed in to look around wearing scuffed black leathers and a days worth of road muck!

Freudenstadt, Germany

Freudenstadt, Germany

The view accross the forest was impressive as was the blue sheep on the gardens on the other side of the road!!
 Freudenstadt, Germany

 Freudenstadt, Germany

We ate in the town, admired the fountains, enjoyed ice creams and earmarked this as a good base for touring round the Forest area in the future as we had to be in Ludwigsburg the next day for the highlight of our holiday.

Freudenstadt, Germany

Freudenstadt, Germany

more soon xx






Sunday 16 September 2012

Road Trip....France....Buildings

So September started with me packing our bike with clothes and toys ready for a short road trip across the Channel. A few days less then usual due to family commitments but still plenty of time to pack in a few varied destinations. These post will probably be photo heavy as Biker Ted will be writing up the trip with all the details that I usually forget to put in!!

Our first destination was Colmar in France, a very picturesque town in France where , if you stare at the houses too long, you begin to wonder if its the houses leaning or yourself!!

Colmar France

our hotel for two nights

Colmar France

Bakery

Colmar France

Detail from the shutters

 Colmar France

see what I mean by being a bit wonky!

Colmar France

A stream runs through the town

Colmar France

Small passage ways are always interesting although I had to wait a day for this one as the dustbins were out when we got there.

Colmar France

Still pretty at night time.

More about how we passed our time in Colmar (other than sitting in bars)  in the next post.xx