Day 87 – Day 89: No Gateaux in Sight

Date: Monday 23^rd June to Wednesday 25^th June
Staying: Camping Kleinenzhof – Bad Wildbad, Black Forest, Germany
Distance Travelled: 186.6 Miles
Song of the day: Enjoy the Silence – Depeche Mode

I actually feel cheated you know. It was quite disappointing. You’re brought up your whole life thinking one thing, but it turns out not to be true. I walked into the restaurant, went straight to the desert menu, as is my want, and there was not a Black Forest Gateaux in sight. I was distraught, heart broken. I mean, ‘Man can not live by Ice Cream alone’ ;-)

We were originally going to stay in Baden-Baden when we went to the Black Forest, but decided after a few epic days on the road, and not really having a rest since Venice, it would be better to find a quiet, out-of-the-way place to chill for a few days. Kleinenzhof was exactly this. It was surrounded by forest, which provided some fantastic walks, it was only 5km from a settlement if we needed anything, and there was a herd of Deer walking around outside the site to enjoy.

The weather even came to party so we didn’t feel guilty about not doing anything. We were woken by a massive thunder storm on our first morning (I saw one lighting bolt that had four forks strike down), and then there was a repeat the next day too. When it wasn’t thundering, the sun was out and it was blazing hot. The camp site was quiet too, so it was a fantastically relaxing couple of days.

Of course if they had gateaux, it would have been perfect.