Thursday, 08 April 2010 17:03 Last Updated on Monday, 07 June 2010 10:24 Written by Claudine du Plessis

We left Switzerland and the comfort and luxury of my Grandmamma's with heavy hearts on Thursday morning. Upon entering Germany from Switzerland, the difference between the two countries is subtle, but immediately noticeable. If you can compare Switzerland to a neat old man dressed in his Sunday best, then Germany is this man that has come home from church, breathed out, loosened his button and opened a beer. Everything is still pretty and neat, but just a little bit more relaxed and not quite as perfect as Switzerland.  

In Freibourg, Germany, we stopped to purchase new Green Card Insurance. If you've been reading our posts, you may remember that we last purchased this on entering the Turkish border, but that they only gave us 15 days. So, our insurance was expired for a while now, but although it is compulsory to have this when driving through the EU, we couldn't find it anywhere else. Fabienne and my uncle Beat even asked around for us in Switzerland, but there you have to buy a full year's insurance which costs a fortune. Luckily, we could get another month's insurance hassle-free here in Germany.

The idea was to camp in the Black Forest, which according to many people is one of the world's most beautiful natural sights. Well, it was indeed beautiful, endless pine forest, with moss-covered floor stretching over the mountains and hills. The only thing that was not so wonderful for us was that as we climbed higher it got colder and you could still see quite a bit of ice on the ground here and there. Not the perfect camping weather, but also not that cold.  At the Titisee, a lake in the middle of the Black Forest, we started our search for a campsite and found one eventually (most of the campsites were still closed because of the season). We went for a "hike" through the forest and spent a chilly night camping.



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