I had a morning off – the rest of the crew went to a medieval town, and I fought with the wifi to try to publish blogs. I tried this time to sit in the “library/computer room” where the signal seemed to be about as strong as it can get. Still not strong enough. At least I was able to save some drafts.
Here’s some photos of what the gang saw in the Medieval town of Colmar:
I was able to catch this photo of the swans on the Rhine:
After lunch, we boarded buses to take us to a town in the Black Forest. the drive lasted about an hour. The challenge with pretty scenery (even in the rain) is staying awake to look at it, especially after lunch.
There wasn’t all that much time available for what was planned: a demonstration of building a cuckoo clock, making a Black Forest cake, a glassblowing shop (not really a true demo), and shopping.
I saw nothing of the cuckoo clock demonstration – usual problem of not being able to get there early enough to be in front. I was able to listen i from a distance.
Of course, the main purpose of this visit for us was to shop for an actual cuckoo clock. There was a wide variety – we were looking for something a little unusual or atypical. This is a photo of the kind of clock we bought – this is the one that was hanging on the wall of the shop. I forgot to ask how long it will take for it to ship to us.
We stopped by the glass shop. It was pretty warm in there with the glassblower’s oven blasting away.
We totally missed the Black Forest cake demo, which was fine. The clock was more important. And then it was time to head back to the ship by a more scenic route than the way we went there. But it was rainy and dreary, and super hard to stay awake, sooooo…..
At dinner we said our goodbyes to our fabulous wait staff. We had made a point of claiming the same table at every meal so we could have Mitco, Eric, and Enrico take care of us. They made a fantastic experience even more special.
Maryland Meshugas 