Pre-Departure Impressions: Baden-Württemberg

"We can do everything, except Standard German." You gotta love the Swabians.

The Plan: after many revisions...
Stuttgart - Karlsruhe - Freiburg - somewhere in Schwarzwald - someone near Bodensee; to
Stuttgart - Karlsruhe - Baden-Baden - Freiburg -  Gutach im Schwarzwald - Konstanz; to
Stuttgart - Baden-Baden - Freiburg - Gutach im Schwarzwald - Konstanz; to
Stuttgart - Baden-Baden - Freiburg - Triberg im Schwarzwald - Konstanz - Ulm; to
Stuttgart - Baden-Baden - Freiburg - Triberg im Schwarzwald - Konstanz - Ulm; to...
Stuttgart - Freiburg - Triberg im Schwarzwald - Konstanz  - Friedrichshafen - Ulm; to...
Stuttgart - Freiburg - Triberg im Schwarzwald - Friedrichshafen - Ulm; to...


Finally: Stuttgart - Freiburg - Triberg im Schwarzwald - Überlingen am Bodensee - Ulm
(still subject to change)

I don't know why but I've been way more excited about Baden-Württemberg than Bavaria. Perhaps it is the variety: I start off at a city, then a university town with a huge cathedral in the centre, followed by a village in the forest and a town by Bodensee (Lake Constance) finishing at the twin city of Ulm and Neu-Ulm.

Some highlights I am quite looking forward to...

• Weindorf (literally: wine village) in Stuttgart - would love to try a lovely Riesling...
• Staying in Breisach, just 20-mins on the S-Bahn out of Freiburg, overlooking the Rhein and France is on the opposite bank over the river!
• Wandering in the forests near Triberg - see post on Schwarzwald
• Strolling by Bodensee - nothing makes an Aquarius girl happier than being near water