Getting down with the Sickness

We arrived to Freiberg after leaving Constance that morning (train then bus then train again) with nowhere to stay. So off to the tourist information we hopped to find a bed in the city. After not to much convincing the lady at the information got us to go to a B&B in St Margen, (train and bus) a tiny town deep in the Black Forest. Dinner was traditional Black forests fare, Rachel with the cheesiest macaroni/pasta stuff ever and me with sausage spinach stuffed pasta balls mm mmmm.

We’d been lacking in any real planning for the next stage of the trip and being that no one in St Margen even knows that the internet exists we went back into Freiberg to find some wifi and book some accommodation for the next few weeks in Germany and the Netherlands.

We did get to have a look round the city which has the standard old town with big church and guild halls. I make it sound dull but it was very nice and good weather to boot.

The next day neither of us was feeling very good but damit we were in the Black Forest and we were goon go hiking flu or no flu, our excuse being “I’m sure it’s one of those ones you just have to blow out”.

Loving the German barn house. Family upstairs cows downstairs.


Half way and Rach is starting to feel it

Yes yes I know It’s a weird photo

The trail we took was only 15kms long so we thought 3 or 4 hours max. But 5 hours later and Rach was dreaming up ways to break her legs and get air lifted back home. We did eventually get back to the BnB but went straight to bed.

We were freezing but sweating, shivering but with high fevers. Who knew a 15k walk in cold weather was bad for a chest cold? Luckily we had the foresight to book an extra 2 nights in the room and proceeded to spend the next few days in bed.

St Margen in the distance, so close yet so far.

The next stop after the black forest was in Cochem. This place had a lot of potential for touristing, good wine area with nice castles and scenery. But we ended up in bed nursing lemon and honey drinks.

Bring on Amsterdam and some good health.