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Somehow or other I screwed up with my plans at the end of the Trail of the Red Deer. I suddenly calculated that I had 2 extra nights – unplanned, no accommodation booked, nothing! So enjoyable were the hotels and Wellness centres on the hike that I requested an extra night in Freudenstadt at the
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A great and fantastic hiking trail beautiful weather, stunning scenery , each hotel was just decadent with their Wellness Centres and great restaurants- basically I had variations of local trout or pork or deer ( as one delightful German waiter struggled to explain the menu in english he resorted to “Bambi”! So I have had
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Sadly the evening had deteriorated. The music had increased by a factor of several hundred decibels, so had the ambience, if that is the correct description, of a melding between the local RSL club and a gay disco….. Not that I have been inside either establishments, I won’t say “never”. I would say that at
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I am seated for dinner at the Waldhotel Sommerberg, altitude about 800m. Here is the view from the restaurant. Hotel Restaurants in the Schwarzwald at least seem to open from 6:30 to 8 pm. By 6:45 the place is seething, a white poodle saunters past… It is much more family oriented : grandparents, grandchildren, (millions
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So it appears that these large hotels nestled in the small valleys of the Schwarzwald – and these establishments are the only apparent buildings of the village- exist for those Germans seeking wellness, of which there are obviously millions! As I sauntered through each of these centres, all by the way have a heated 25
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How could this happen? Here is the clear signage that marks the trail. It would seem impossible to lose one’s way! But I did. This is a screen grab of the 2 occasions where I wandered off track ( magnified – of the offending wayward track! This whole day was rather traumatic mentally as
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A day of rest much anticipated as my right foot has become sore and early blisters on metatarsal pad. Not another decadent German “wellness centre”! You bet and an aromatherapy massage… Its only money! I stayed at the Hotel Sackmann! Fabulous and decadent – I did not expect anything less. So a relaxed day from
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The Hotel Schwarzwald This hotel is remarkable on many levels. It is almost impossible to know where to begin. The hostlier is Herr Schafer. As an adolescent at the end of the war, he witnessed British soldiers dancing- not in the streets but what I guess we would call Ballroom Dancing in the clubs of
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On two occasions Peter James-Martin has on this cycle trip, given a SOA (Statement of Advice) with respect to the recommended restaurant for our evening meals. Let me state quite categorically that as a financial planner he has no equal, but when it comes to deciding food versus finances, he should stick with matters of
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