Southern Black Forest

We spent a week in the Southern Black Forest and I would recommend it to anyone. Much to see and do no matter what your interests are. Freiburg is a great ancient university town that has a brewery with the best beer in Germany that I've tasted so far. Some of the most untouched land is in this area as well, especially the Wutach Canyon. The hiking there is fantastic and I had the feeling for a moment that I was back in the US somewhere except for the fact that the canyon, although large by European standards, was rather small by American standars. Very beautiful though, great trails and much to see. Colmar in France, an ancient city is nearby, and is well worth the visit. Very beautiful and has among other sites an old Venetian quarter with canals and yes even gondolas. Bad Kronzingen where we stayed is rather boring but does have a wonderful mineral water spa which is free if you stay there for three days or more and pay the tourism tax (this I will have to talk about in a later post). The spa is incredible, many different saunas in the Sauna Paradise which has been aptly named and many different baths. It's also a wine region and some say excellent wines come from there.