eating our way through the Black Forest and Strasbourg

Claire brought back some Black Forest cake from Freiburg. I had never had it before, and didn't expect it to be so alcoholic! There is kirschewasser (cherry water), as well as some kind of alcohol in the frosting.



Started a Thursday morning off right with some Berliners & quark croissants on the train.



In Schiltach, a really pretty town (but extremely small and quiet)



At the highest waterfall in Germany (in Triberg) which was extremely touristy. Claire and I said we were 16 years old to get in for a cheaper price, haha. Anyways, despite the loads of people by the waterfall, it only took a 5 minute walk to get on a trail that was almost completely empty.


The famous Black Forest cake... we got the supposed original recipe. It was actually a bit disappointing.


But afterwards, our hike was frequently interrupted with discoveries of blackberry bushes. Yum!


This is the next day (Friday) in Stuttgart.


We finally got pork knuckle (schweinshaxe)! It was good, but not anything too amazing.


The gingerbread hearts at the Stuttgart Weindorf (wine festival). I'm not a fan of gingerbread but Claire tried one.


In Strasbourg (on Saturday) with a kougelhopf


Droolworthy chocolates in Strasbourg. These shops were literally on each block, and Claire and I literally went into each bakery, cheese shop, chocolate shop we saw.


We did get lucky a couple times when we found free samples, especially with the pistachio macaron we sampled. It was absolutely divine. Here's us with a praline macaron