| Page Views: 1,136 Last Visit to Donaueschingen: March, 2004 | Donaueschingen - Home of the Danube River by JetlagCity - last update: Jan 2, 2005 |
Easter, Ice Cream, &the House of Furstenberg | Does this guy look German or what? |
More than anything else, Donaueschingen makes me think of "The Wolfman", my sister's boyfriend, who generously put us up in his flat here. We were the recipients of his wonderful German hospitality. He's a very fun and interesting guy to chat with!
Donaueschingen is a small town in the Black Forest region of Germany, just 18 miles from the Swiss border. From here we ventured out to Freiburg, Meersburg, Konstanz, the Rhein Falls in Switzerland, and Strasbourg, France, all of which are fairly close. |
|  | One thing I noticed is they really get into Easter here. I got the impression that most of Southern Germany does. It seemed like every single store window had some sort of Easter display, even hardware stores, optometrists, etc., and decorated Easter eggs were hanging from trees everywhere. Southern Germany is mostly Catholic.
There's a castle here, thanks to the local artistocratic family, the Furstenberg's. Unfortunately we didn't have time to visit it this trip, but I did make time to try the Furstenberg beer - it's very good! |
This is a sculpture of some musicians - it's on a main corner downtown by the town hall, right in front of Vivaldi's ice cream parlor. | | |
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matcrazy1 Mon Apr 18, 2005 22:57 UTC
Nice description and surely... Furstenberg beer :-) | orlikins Tue Mar 22, 2005 09:49 UTC
would love to see the Donauquelle (i think that is what they call it?) | dabidc Sun Jan 16, 2005 03:33 UTC
Thanks for the memory, 20 years ago a drive in the wonderful Black Forest saw us here. Alas no personal chef to look after us. Thanks for sharing. Blue Danibe is a little brown by the time it gets to Hungary. | globetrott Sat Jan 1, 2005 02:39 UTC
good to see where the Blue Danube starts ! |
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