BLACK FOREST BUT NO GATEAU

Going across to Zurich for New Year we decided to drive through the Black Forest in Germany. It was a lovely route and as we rose higher the snow became thicker with beautiful scenery. We were slightly wary of the snow as we don't have snow tyres but the roads were very clear and we decided that if the roads started to get snowy we could always turn back and go a different route.

Geoff in the Black Forest.

As we'd been driving for a couple of hours we decided to look for coffee and cake. There wasn't much around until we came through a small village called Elzach which a had little shop that looked open. Brakes on, let's see what we can find. Yes, they had bread and they served coffee! Brilliant, not only that, they had an amazing spread of meats. Would they do sandwiches? Yes, of course. Take a roll, cut in half, put in a thick slice of hot beef and that's it. It was delicious. The other sandwich was a thick slice of 'pizza meat', which was meat with small pieces of cheese, tomato and pepper. Looked interesting and it was surprisingly delicious too. Desert? No, not a black forest gateau or anything sweet in sight.

Wonderful array of meat and sausages in the small village shop, definitely Germany.