Graduation and AMT BlackForest, Thu Jun 8, 2023

Adriatic Motor Tours Alsace and Black Forest, Day 6 Ribeauvillè → Black Forest → Schloss Eberstein

Ride Log

Time	Minutes	km	kph avg	Comment
8:26am	2.7	out just a little later every day
8:29am	27.2	20 km	43
8:56am	16.9	Musée Mémorial de la Ligne Maginot du Rhin
9:13am	39.3	36 km	54
9:52am	2.1	map
9:54am	28.6	22 km	46
10:23am	49.1	traffic stopped for a parade
11:12am	28.8	25 km	53
11:41am	9.8	stop to don our rain gear
11:51am	23.5	17 km	43
12:14pm	61.1	Triberg Cuckoo Clock Town
1:15pm	4.7	3 km	33
1:20pm	11.9	Big Cuckoo Clock
1:32pm	48.6	40 km	50
2:21pm	2.9	map
2:24pm	29.3	29 km	60
2:53pm	40.0	Mummelsee
3:33pm	17.4	17 km	58
3:50pm	7.8	Schwarzenbach See
3:58pm	11.5	11 km	56
4:10pm		Arriving Schloss Eberstein

8h11m	4h27m moving	226 km	50.8 kph	54% moving, 224 minutes of breaks

Maginot Line war museum exhibit

Traffic stopped for a parade

Not sure what kind of parade this is. In some ways it's somber and a lot of black is being worn, so it kind of looks like a funeral, but it's way too big and some parts are rather festive.

While the parade went buy, we hung out and got coffee and ate berries.

Local raspberries, strawberries and blueberries to go with our coffee break at Schwarzwälder Landcafé

Riding the fameous B 500 road through Germany's Black Forest region.

Today we rode a pretty nice road B 500. It was nice but I think over-hyped. Just one of the many, many good motorcycling roads in Europe. The countryside is dotted with pretty villages, but so is everywhere I've been in Europe. Maybe my mood was dampened by the little bit of rain we had today.

Black Forest Cuckoo Clock Town, Furtwangen and Triberg

The town of Furtwangen has been the center of the Black Forest Clock area for a long time. Today its many clock stores and clock museum have gained a world-wide reputation. The by far largest collection of old German clocks has its origin in the clock-makers´school that was established here in the 19th century.

We almost bought one, especially this with the owls. About €300, but we didn't want to deal with shipping it.
Maybe someday I'll try making one if I can find a kit.