We didn't want to buy the first clock we saw so we decided to do some comparative shopping, and enjoy the scenery along the way. The first stop is Hornberg, home to the worlds largest Cuckoo Clock.It took the craftsman two years to finish it. We traveled deeper into the Black Forest, to a village called Triberg. This village has clock factories, but no longer allows tours.
On our way there we came across a shop called The house of 1000 Clocks. I don't know if they really had 1000 clocks, but they had plenty. We find one we like, but want to continue looking.
We pass through a beautiful village with what else? A castle with a working vineyard.
On to the next town for lunch.
We felt like Italian food and stopped at a Ristorante that looked interesting. It was!! A very family oriented business, complete with running and screaming chidren, to the dog trying to pull all the table cloths off the tables. The food and service was very good, as was the atmosphere once you got used to the screaming and barking in several different languages. Sorry didn't get any pictures with all the confusion.
After all that we still liked the clock we had seen at The house of 1000 clocks. We turned around and headed back to the shop. We had them change the weights to wooden instead of the metal. We were completely shopped out and looking forward to dinner.
At dinner we had more conversation with a British couple we had met the night before. They invited us to see England, with them being our tour guides. And also left us a brochure on a zimmer house in Vienna. Very nice !! Thank you ! Well time to relax in the spas one last time before we leave.
