Saturday, April 30, 2011

Freiburg in The Black Forest Germany

We have had our last 2 days of sight seeing in Freiburg in The Black Forest in Germany
The people are wonderful - friendly and helpful, even though our only language we speak is English they did all they could to include us and help us with the language barrier - english is taught in school as a second or third language depending if the student prefers to select French or English as 2nd/3rd language to study
This area is so environmentally friendly with a great recycle systems. Wind powered turbines can be seen on many of the mountain ridges.
Many of the homes in the small villages have solar panels on the roof as do industrial buildings with some industries having their own wind turbines

 City of Freiburg


The markets in Frieburg

 Wall of the old city of Freiburg

 Ken throwing a Euro cent on the crocodile

This church in Freiburg build in the year 1200 -only building in the old town not damaged during the 1944 bombings
Germany's longest loop cable car goes for 3.6kms 1220 mtrs above sea level

1220mtrs above sea level - a misty light rain but you can see the wind turbines on the mountains
Had a great lunch in the restaurant at the top

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