Black Forrest Impressions *pics*

[MissHoneychurch]

on a misty day

[bridgit]

1. i wanna live in that little hamlet!!

:bounce:

[MissHoneychurch]

4. Ya sure?

it could look like this inside

[lligrd]

7. I Still Love It. nt

[bridgit]

8. i already see a place for a Black Forest coo-koo clock on *part* of the wall...

can't be all that bad nothing a coo-koo clock couldn't spruce up :thumbsup:

[MissHoneychurch]

9. Alright then

:D

[bridgit]

10. that's the spirit!!

:bounce:

[Blue_Tires]

38. what the hell?

[lligrd]

2. Beautiful!! nt

[MissHoneychurch]

5. Thanks

Germany has its beautiful spots :)

[YankeyMCC]

3. Beautiful nt

[MissHoneychurch]

6. Thank you

glad you like it.

[Guava Jelly]

11. Those are beautiful MissH

Where in Germany is the Black Forrest?
BTW I'll be in your country Friday :woohoo:
Good Morning
:hi:

[MissHoneychurch]

12. Its in South West Germany

at the border to France.

I bet you are excited :)

You better show up here in Frankfurt!!! Or I will never talk to you again .... (j/k - partly)

[Guava Jelly]

13. I'm going to try.

I really really want to meet you. I hope i can make it down.
I have to run to work now. I will pm you in a bit.
:hug:

[Callalily]

14. You know MissH?

These pics look oddly familiar :rofl:

The third one is still my favorite!

Hope your day is going well.

:loveya: :hug: :hi:

[MissHoneychurch]

15. Now really?

Have you been there? :rofl:

I didn't post them all in the photography group. I wanted some responses to my pics. I don't get the recognition over there :shrug:

I am doing fine. It is starting to rain and hopefully cool off a bit. It is rather humid at the moment.

:loveya: :hug: :hi:

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

26. I've camped in similar woods

when I was in the Army. "Army camping" is not like normal camping. It involves setting up big tents, turning dirt roads into mud-wallows with big stinking diesel trucks, and always encumbered by a rifle and backback.

We were in a forest area like that, though not quite as hilly. Still, it had the quaint villages, with the quaint tavern/gasthaus, with always delicious food and beer, when we could get away from the Army nonsense for a while.

Trees, fog, mist, and sometimes snow, it was a beautiful area. Haunted, they say.

Great pictures.
:hi:

[MissHoneychurch]

27. I'm glad I didn't only bring up bad memories with the pics

:)

:hi:

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

28. Not bad memories at all

For a draftee, there was no better place in the world to be stationed than south west Germany (near Stuttgart). Safe and well-fed (again, that good German food!), I was very lucky. Most draftees at that time were sent to Vietnam.

[Steerpike]

16. it's the trees

O Tannenbaum, o Tannenbaum,
wie treu sind deine Blätter!
Du grünst nicht nur
zur Sommerzeit,
Nein auch im Winter, wenn es schneit.
O Tannenbaum, o Tannenbaum,
wie treu sind deine Blätter!

O Tannenbaum, o Tannenbaum!
Du kannst mir sehr gefallen!
Wie oft hat nicht zur Weihnachtszeit
Ein Baum von dir mich hoch erfreut!
O Tannenbaum, o Tannenbaum!
Du kannst mir sehr gefallen!

O Tannenbaum, o Tannenbaum!
Dein Kleid will mich
was lehren:
Die Hoffnung und Beständigkeit
Gibt Trost und Kraft
zu jeder Zeit.
O Tannenbaum, o Tannenbaum!
Das soll dein Kleid
mich lehren.

[MissHoneychurch]

17. Uh ....

we have temps in the loser 80s, it is humid .... and you post a Christmas song??????????????

:rofl:

[JVS]

21. Karamba, karacho, ein Whiskey...

[MissHoneychurch]

24. But only the Scottish kind

a nice single malt :D

[Steerpike]

23. Fraulein!

IT'S 50 DEGREES HERE! And chilly!

and those pix are wonderfull...they just reminded me of the historic tree worship of germany...at least that's what i heard on the internet...so it must be true!
and the only german tree song i could think of was o tannenbaum...at least that's my only explanation...;-)

[MissHoneychurch]

25. Tree worship????

:rofl:

At least you chose a song about trees and not about snow :D

[JVS]

35. St. Boniface chopped down a sacred tree and kicked a lot of ass

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Boniface

[CBHagman]

46. Ah, happy memories of the churches (and relics) in Fulda.

There are buildings from various eras in Fulda, and you can visit the tomb of St. Boniface (and all his relics, too, or bits of Boniface, if you will).

[Karenina]

40. Nein, Oma

O Tannenbaum, o Tannenbaum,
Die Oma liegt in Kofferraum
Der Opa schliest die Klappe zu
Die Oma schreit "DU DUMME KUH!"

:silly:

[Eurobabe]

18. I do need to visit that part of the country

:hi: beautiful, rustic. peaceful.

[MissHoneychurch]

19. You know you are welcome

at my mom's place. I would be there of course too. If you want to come let me know.

[Eurobabe]

20. Maybe we can do something after I get back and before you go?

:D

[MissHoneychurch]

22. Sure

July has 4 weekends :D

Maybe your hubby can come too.

[Eurobabe]

29. If she's close to the Bodensee, I think I can twist his arm

he's been talking about diving there.

[MissHoneychurch]

30. She is 1 1/2 hours away from the Bodensee

when I want to visit my dad's grave (which is at the Bodensee) I always visit my mom over the weekend and drive from her place. It is a nice drive actually.

[Elidor]

31. Oh, my. It's not really black at all, is it

More of a greenish.

[MissHoneychurch]

32. It's a name like the Great Smoky Mountains

but from far away it the Black Forrest looks black due to his dark woods

[CBHagman]

33. How very Caspar David Friedrich of you.

That's always what I think of when I see images like the ones you've shared -- that and a wonderful drive through the Black Forest that a friend and I took during the '80s.

:hi:

Caspar David Friedrich, for those of you who may not have seen his work:

http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Museum/4782/cdfriedrich.htm

[MissHoneychurch]

34. WOW, thank you

that is truly an honor to be compared to C D Friedrich :blush:


:hi:

[yellowdogintexas]

36. gorgeous gorgeous nt

[KatyMan]

37. Beautiful...

My wife and I will be in Garmish (sp?) at the end of July. I've spent some time in Stuttgart in the past, so I know the area is awesome. I had to take a train from Stuttgart to Ulm, and it was magnificent.
Thanks for the pics!

[Blue_Tires]

39. don't show those to donald trump -- he'll want to make it into a golf course!

so how long have you lived in Germany? are you an expat or regular German?

[MissHoneychurch]

41. I am German

no denying there :)

[Blue_Tires]

43. I was just wondering because your English has always been flawless...

:-)

[MissHoneychurch]

48. Thank you

but I tell you once you hear me speaking you know .... LOL

I was a nanny and an intern in the States. That is how I learned my English.
And there is spell checker ... :rofl:

[LanternWaste]

42. Incredible...

Wow! That may be THE place I'd like to begin dreaming of retiring to.

Gorgeous pictures!

[MissHoneychurch]

49. Thank you

it is a really nice area.

Even though I prefer the ocean.

[redqueen]

44. Oh it's so beautiful and greeeeeen...

:loveya:

Thank you!

[ForrestGump]

45. I just felt like running...

:P




:hide:

[MissHoneychurch]

51. yes ....

running to the White House :D

[CrownPrinceBandar]

47. Sehr schön!..........

(and that's about it for my Deutsch)

It kind of reminds me of the forests here in West Virginia, minus the chalets of course. I regret I did not get to visit the forest when I was in Germany back in the early 90's.

Is acid rain still causing problems w/ the forest?

[MissHoneychurch]

50. You are right

The Black Forest is comparable to the Smokies.

Acid rain is still a problem but I think it got a bit better in the last years. At least you don't hear as much of it anymore.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

52. beautiful !!

I wish I were there :loveya:

miss you :hug:

my friend :hi:

[MissHoneychurch]

58. Thanks Tuesday

:hug:

I miss you too :loveya:

I would love to show you around here.

[XemaSab]

53. My ancestor was the FIRST

professional forester in the Black Forest. :patriot:

[MissHoneychurch]

59. Really?

Cool.

The forester still have enough to do to keep the woods grow back on the free areas.

[Fox Mulder]

54. I love those pics.

:)

[MissHoneychurch]

60. Thank you

:D

[huskerlaw]

55. Whoa, that's GREEN!!

Says the girl who lives in the desert where it doesn't rain a drop between March and December.

Gorgeous!

[MissHoneychurch]

61. Yes, it is green

esp. for you :)

[puerco-bellies]

56. Beautiful MrsHoneychurch.

One of these days I would like to hike some part of that area. BTW Great pictures.

[MissHoneychurch]

62. You should definitely come here

The Black Forest is perfect for hiking. Also the Alps aren't too far away.

[Aristus]

57. Beautiful...

God, I miss Germany... :(

[MissHoneychurch]

63. Awwww

Hey, at least I post pics every now and then for you to cherish on :D

[GalleryGod]

64. As always, NS,...

:yourock:

[Maestro]

65. Very beautiful

I'd love to visit some day.

[Kali]

66. Love the cake and ham too!

I have a German friend from Wiesbaden who didn't believe there was such a thing as Black Forest Cake until she went there. I think she knows the SW US and Mexico better than her own country.:rofl: