Balaton Budapest. Macedonian Wine Ohrid Skopje. Antwerp Flanders Top-5 Destinations. Haifa vs. DMZ Zone. Bohol Manila. Cappadocia Edirne Istanbul Kars. I guess B-class Hollywood war-blockbusters officially ruined meโฆ or my grandparents who actually lived through entire WWII and hate everything-German did, being in their fair right to do so. But I honestly should know better. Germany, rubbing shoulders with my homeland, is one of those countries of which I officially lost count of my many-many visits.
Too busy to read now? No problem, save it for later! Take the Schwarzwald for example, the Black Forestโฆ with a name like that you already scored enough points to qualify for a visit. So off I went, hitchhiking all the way from Switzerland along that same straight Autobahn , where speed limits are officially scraped off the lawbook not kidding โ rules everywhere, except when it comes to their beloved highways.
Luckily, my entry points were spot-on, and deliciously different in their very essence, offering a diverse experience within my extremely limited time frame. Preferably on a rusty bicycle or a skateboard, picking up a gluten-free cupcake along the way. I mean, I could just leave the house of my Couchsurfing-host Blake an American globetrotter quite understandably finding himself unable to leave Freiburg , cross the street and literally be in the Black Forest.
A simple dialogue between you and nature. Yet, the narrow ravined valleys, round summits and rugged, granite clearings bring that necessary bit of roughness and unpredictability to the general planned and organized mentality of its inhabitants.
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A pure encounter with the wild: uncontrolled and endlessly exciting. I returned downtown. Soaking up the strange sensation of not feeling sad about having to exchange all blessings of nature for an urban environment. Shreds of street music reached my ears, glimpses of people sprinkling their feet in the Dreisam river.
