Full Day of Sightseeing

5/16/2011

A visit to the Southern Black Forest today. First stop - St Blasien located in the valley of the Alb at the base of the Feldberg Mountain. The beautiful Abbey Church dominating this town was rebuilt in 1768 after a fire.When entering the church one is immediately overwhelmed by the beauty of white marble and majesty. The dome of St Blasien is the third largest in Europe and truly a magnificent structure. After a lunch of pizza & coffee at a local cafe we drove to another lakeside village- Schluchsee-the town & Lake are both called by the same name. The Schluchsee is the highest reservoir in Germany & largest lake in the Black Forest. Being such a lovely day, we all walked for an hour around part of the lake. Little electric boats lined a jetty waiting for the summer crowds to descend- and an odd fisherman was sighted trying his luck.
Next stop was Titisee which was formed during the last ice age. Just 10,000 years ago, a glacier extended from the Feldberg to the present-day lake. The basins gouged out by the glacier now form the basin of Lake Titisee.
Lake Titisee is perfect for swimming, sailing, windsurfing, and for a
stroll along the water front. The very touristy village is pretty & alive with shops & stalls of all desriptions & has beautiful glass wear for sale.

Dome of St Blasien

St. Blasien southern Black Forest Baden-Wuerttemberg Germany -former prince abbey of the Benediktine order sundial at one of the old buildigs of the abbey