Freiburg, Germany

I asked the attendant at the train information desk in Heidelburg for an itinerary to Rothenburg, assuming that she would know I was talking about the medieval tourist city in Bavaria. Unfortunately, she sent me on my way to Rothenburg, Switzerland. I could tell that I was heading in the wrong direction, but I figured that these Germans with their fancy trains probably knew what they were doing. I had traveled as far south as the black forest before I realized that my itinerary indicated a destination of "Rothenburg CH", "CH" being the abbreviation for Switzerland.

Since my train pass wasn't valid in Switzerland, I got off at the last city before leaving Germany: Freiburg. It turns out that Freiburg is a very pretty place, and I'm glad I was diverted.

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March 24, 2004 13:36:56 Whoosh. The mountains in the distance are covered with black forest.	March 24, 2004 15:58:56 A residential street in Freiburg on the way to my hostel.	March 24, 2004 16:03:33 Cool fog.
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March 24, 2004 17:18:35 I see the hostel!	March 24, 2004 17:22:36 If you look closely, you'll see an electricity-generating windmill in the fog.	March 24, 2004 17:50:26 In Freiburg, people like to grow grapes on the sides of hills.
March 24, 2004 18:16:13 After dropping my bag off at the hostel, I headed into downtown Freiburg!	March 24, 2004 18:23:36 The Dom.	March 24, 2004 18:23:52
March 24, 2004 18:23:58	March 24, 2004 18:27:01	March 24, 2004 18:29:03
March 24, 2004 19:27:27 A cool display in a store window.	March 24, 2004 19:29:06	March 25, 2004 08:03:12 Another view of the hostel, the next morning.

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