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Beautiful Black Forest

I didn’t plan on preparing a blog post this morning but for some strange reason the wifi connection here at our stelpllatz is working exceptionally well so before racing off to visit the famous Neuschwanstein Palace (Located Southwest of Munich), I decided to quickly piece together this photo-blog update. questionable and unreliable wifi connections continue to be a challenge for us so we try and take advantage to the good connections when we can. Doing everything on an iPad also adds a little extra complexity to the blogging experience  

Here’s a quick overview of our last few days. We left Paris and made a stop at Fontainebleau Palace to visit Napoleons favourite home. It was quite impressive and well worth the days visit. We then drove onward to Nancy, France which turned out to be one of the nicest little cities that we’ve visited so far. Nightly they put on a spectacular light show inside what’s considered to be one of the most impressive central square in Europe, and from our limited experience, we could agree. The animated laser-light and sound show is projected onto five grand buildings that frame the square and from under the night sky it was a really great experience. We had a nice look around the wonderful city of  Strasbourg but unfortunately our time here was marred by an all-night “Rap-driven-Rave” just outside our campground that almost drove us crazy.  Anxious to move on, we turned our attention South towards the Alps and in doing so we realized our opportunity to explore the beautiful Black Forest region and popular Lake Constance area.  From this Neuschwanstein stellplatz we’ll continue our drive East along the German (Bavarian) Austrian border, and then we’ll turn 180 degrees and drive West again through Austria to Innsbruck and then on into Switzerland. As we do move along, I’m hoping for more of this reliable wifi to help keep our travel progress posted. Wishing everyone a warm and wonderful Canada day.

Fontainebleau Palace – “Courtyard of Honour” where Napoleon gave his emotional farewell speech to the Old Guard soldiers
The grand front steps of Fontainebleau
Fontainebleau was a favourite Chateau of many France Royals
Gallery of Diana (The Goddess) – Built by Henry IV for his Queen to promenade in
Napoleon’s Throne Room
Our great stellplatz in Nancy that was a five minute walk from the amazing Town Square
Part of the Town Square in Nancy where that fantastic “laser-light show” takes place
Just another little countryside French Chateau on our way to Strasbourg
Beautiful Strasbourg
Wonderful medieval timber building framed by the fantastic 1224 Strasbourg Cathedral
The impressive Astronomical Clock – one of the largest in the world
Charming and tranquil Strasbourg – In such contrast to the “Rapping-Rave” of last night
Driving South into the Black Forest region
A rather large Cuckoo Clock just outside of Triberg
The wondrous little village of Schiltach
So beautiful and serene
We agree that this is one of our favourite places, and memories
Like we were living inside a fairy tale
Real “Black Forest Cake” from Triberg where it was first conceived
New cherries!
Our campground marina on lake Constance
Trying hard to absorb the spectacular beauty of this entire region
Encircled by stunning views as we enter into Bavaria