A Photo Essay: Hiking the Black Forest

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• August 8, 2012

  MelD

  You are pretty close to here, now… we are just a hop south of Constance in Switzerland! Glad you are liking the area.
  Let me know if you come closer – my Cocker Spaniel likes new pals… 🙂

• August 9, 2012

  gigigriffis

  Ah, we’re going to be in Switzerland later this month (but I think the closest we’ll get to Lake Constance is Basel, so still a little ways?).

• August 9, 2012

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• August 10, 2012

  Roommate #1

  Love that last picture. It makes me want to run down the trail into the sunset!

• August 11, 2012

  gigigriffis

  Yay!

• August 12, 2012

  Dalene

  My family (generations ago) hails from the Black Forest area. Got to make it there someday! Great photos.

• August 12, 2012

  gigigriffis

  @Dalene,

  Thanks! And thanks for stopping by! I feel honored…and love your blog!

• August 12, 2012

  Suzy

  I visited the Black Forest when I was a kid. I remember it seemed like the sort of setting where a gnome could pop out at any moment. It’s very fairytale.

• August 12, 2012

  Andrew

  Very pretty. That is in our backyard, and we almost never go wandering in it. Looks like you had a beautiful day.

• August 12, 2012

  gigigriffis

  @Suzy – Yeah. My friend told me that when she used to come to the Black Forest as a child, her family would tell her the tendrils of mist rising above the tree line were steam from the stewpots of the forest rabbits. Very fairy-tale-y and cute.

  @Andrew – Thanks! It was beautiful (and exhausting)!

• August 13, 2012

  Lindsey

  I missed seeing the Black Forest when I was in Germany (besides driving through the fringes, not the same). I desperately want to go back and hike it though!

• August 14, 2012

  gigigriffis

  @Lindsey – Yeah, it’s definitely worth coming back for. I was here for two weeks and I still feel like there was so much to see that I missed!

• August 31, 2012

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• March 24, 2016

  Mel

  Fantastic photos Gigi! Looks so lush there. Did you go to the Baden-Baden area while in the region? I heard that they are the part to get into the natural hot springs!

  • March 28, 2016

    gigigriffis

    Thanks! I didn’t.

• January 4, 2017

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