More on Freiburg!

Ack, I realized I forgot to write about some cool stuff we did yesterday! Mainly eating some authentic German food. We went to a resturant slash brewery (as they all are here) and I got a plate of 3 different kinds of bratwurst, saurkraut, and homemade mustard. It was delicious!! But gave me indigestion...thank goodness my first aid kit included peptobismol. And at the wine festival last night there was an orchestra of accordians! They were pretty good; the highlight of the night being when they played I Will Survive...no joke.

Anyways today has been pretty relaxed, lots of walking around and seeing the old city. For breakfast/lunch we all got pizza margheritas for 2.5 euros each! And they were large pizzas; it was delicious. We also went to the big cathedral here, which was beautiful as they all are. There were some carvings inside from the 1300s. More walking around and then we found Mark´s holy grail of kirshwasser liqour. The lady who owned the shop was really nice and while Mark was debating between several types she offered to let him taste the difference between the new and old. Wow....you could see on his face (and smell it from 10 ft away) that the old was way stronger. He ended up getting 2 bottles made in 1986. She also gave us advice on a good place to get Black Forest Cake, seemed appropriate since we are right next to the Black Forest. We wandered to a park where there were lots of different types of grape vine varieties on display and also a fountain surrounded by tons of flowers. We took a nap under the trees next to the fountain and when we awoke went in search of cake. It was well worth it! You could distinctly taste the kirshwasser in the cake, and the frosting was so much better than in the US. Instead of being heavy and sugary it was basically just real whipped cream. After a trip to the grocery store we have returned to our hostel perhaps for some more ping pong or just to enjoy our last few awake hours in Freiburg. We are definitely all going to miss this place.