A Day in the Black Forest

A couple weeks ago we went to Schwarzwald Black Forest. It is so beautiful, like everywhere else in Europe. We had a day full of fun activities.

First we went to a wood carvers shop. It was so interesting to watch him carve these amazing pieces out of a block of wood. He was the cutest little old man :)

These were some of the items in his shop
In Germany they have 5 seasons. Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter, and Fasching. This is a time of year where they pretty much go crazy and dance in the streets and all kinds of stuff. They all wear these wooden mask and most people hand carve their own. They spend the whole year working on them so they are very proud of the finished product. Anyway this man had a bunch up in his shop and Jack wouldn't stop looking at this one. I think it's cause it looks like his Daddy!
Jack got his first motorcycle!!!!! I will always be able to show Jack the little old man who hand carved it.

Next we went to one of the Cuckoo shops and they showed us all the steps of making one of the clocks. They said that all the Cuckoo clocks in the world come from this area in Germany. I thought that was pretty neat.

Our last stop was with the Bee Keeper. He was really interesting as well but the really cool part is that Bee Hive that Jack is sitting next to is 200 yrs old.