Our route today was to
take us over Kandel at 1242 metres with panoramic views over the
area, recommended by the Michelin Guide. Jane did some 'out of the
box' thinking yesterday and suggested we drove up to the viewpoint
after we got up today and had breakfast there. I immediately agreed
but was amazed that Jane suggested doing anything before breakfast –
this is an extremely rare event! Unfortunately in our later
conversation with our neighbours from Kent, we discovered that there
is a 2.1 metre width restriction on that road and Henrietta is 2.3
metres wide. So we told the sat nav that it couldn't go on that road
and headed for St. Peter, famous for its church, formerly that of an
18th century Benedictine abbey. The church is Rococo
style, only slightly less over-the-top than Baroque but was worth the
visit and I was particularly impressed by the organ that incorporated
a clock, something that I have not seen before.
A cross-country route
took us over more high points before we arrived at the Todtnau
waterfall. Although probably more impressive in the Spring when there
would be more water, they were still very good and the walk around
the falls was very pleasant. We were happy to trade the lack of
volume of water for the very warm weather – it reached 26°C
this afternoon.
We weren't keen on the
Schonau stellplatz as it was next to a busy road so we continued to
Zell in Wiesental where we stopped at the stellplatz alongside the
textile museum.
Zell in Wiesental is a
pleasant village that has associations with Mozart. Mozart's wife
Constanze was born here, a fact that the local tourist board has
taken to their heart. The short Constanze Mozart trail leads you
around the centre past a series of plaques built into the pavement. A
happy 30 minutes was spent following the trail and attempting to
translate the plaques. The tourist information office provided a
leaflet in English that told us a little about Constanze and this
helped with the translation.
Photos: The organ of
St. Peter's Rococo church; Two photographs of the Todtnau Falls –
the main falls and the upper falls.
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