Visit the Black Forest

Guided tours for members of the International Club of Berne and others. Join Graham and friends and visit Baden-Wuerttemberg. Features of the trip include shopping (cheaper groceries and visit to a factory outlet), bathing at a hot spa, participation at a local festival, and sightseeing. The exact details (dates and locations) will be published in the ICB newsletter and on the mailing list SWISSCC when sufficient expressions of interest have been received (minimum three for a one-auto trip).

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Winter Saturday
1000 meet at railway parking, Berne
Travel via Basel to Rhein-Center shopping until 1300
Possible visit to factory outlet stores
1400 Bathing at Laguna center, Weil am Rhein
1700 Travel via Bad Sackingen, Waldshut to Griessen
1900 dinner at a local restaurant
2100 for whoever has the energy, visit to a local festival

Sunday
0900 farmers brunch (your help is needed)
1000 Optional visit to Kloster Stuehlingen or Griessen church
1200 (13 March) visit to a local arts and crafts basaar
1300 Afternoon trip into the Black Forest (Birkendorf)
1700 return to Berne arriving about 1900

Spring
Saturday
0900 meet at railway parking, Berne
travel via A1, A2, A5 to cross Rhine at Laufenburg
1100 Waldshut, historic town shopping and lunch
1400 into the Black Forest: Hoechenschwand, Schluchsee, Titisee
1700 Bonndorf, Stuehlingen, return to Griessen
1900 dinner at a local restaurant
2100 for whoever has the energy, visit to a local festival

Sunday
0900 farmers' brunch
1100 visit to Rheinau
1200 lunch in Schaffhausen, possibly at MacDonalds
1300 visit to Rhine Falls
1400 to Spa Bad Zurzach
Alternative: 1200 lunch in Stein am Rhein
Alternative: 1300 visit to floral paradise Insel Mainau
1700 return to Berne arriving about 1900

Summer
(there are many local festivals in July, as school holidays in southern German start late.)
Saturday
0900 meet at railway parking, Berne
1200 Villingen/Schwennigen lunch and shopping
Alternative: Golf at Obere Alp near Stuehlingen
1500 visit to Spa Bad Durrheim
1800 dinner in Donaueschingen at the source of the Danube river
1900 return to Griessen
2100 visit to a local festival

Sunday
0900 farmers' brunch and making sandwiches
1100 climbing mountain to the ruins of Kussaberg for lunch
1400 swimming in Lauchringen or Zurzach
Alternative: castle museum or Roman tour of Zurzach
Alternative: boat trip on Rhine
1700 return to Berne arriving about 1900

Fall Saturday
0900 meet at railway parking, Berne
1100 Rheinfelden shopping and lunch
1500 visit to Spa Bad Saeckingen and historical town
1800 return to Griessen
2000 dinner at local restaurant or local festival

Sunday
0900 farmers' brunch and making sandwiches
1100 via Schaffhausen and Stein am Rhein to the Bodensee
1300 lunch and sightseeing in Konstanz
Alternative: as in Summer in Zurzach
Alternative: visit to PSI Paul Scherrer nuclear research institute and KKW atomic power station Leibstadt
1700 return to Berne arriving about 1900

Winter	Saturday 1000 meet at railway parking, Berne Travel via Basel to Rhein-Center shopping until 1300 Possible visit to factory outlet stores 1400 Bathing at Laguna center, Weil am Rhein 1700 Travel via Bad Sackingen, Waldshut to Griessen 1900 dinner at a local restaurant 2100 for whoever has the energy, visit to a local festival Sunday 0900 farmers brunch (your help is needed) 1000 Optional visit to Kloster Stuehlingen or Griessen church 1200 (13 March) visit to a local arts and crafts basaar 1300 Afternoon trip into the Black Forest (Birkendorf) 1700 return to Berne arriving about 1900
Spring	Saturday 0900 meet at railway parking, Berne travel via A1, A2, A5 to cross Rhine at Laufenburg 1100 Waldshut, historic town shopping and lunch 1400 into the Black Forest: Hoechenschwand, Schluchsee, Titisee 1700 Bonndorf, Stuehlingen, return to Griessen 1900 dinner at a local restaurant 2100 for whoever has the energy, visit to a local festival Sunday 0900 farmers' brunch 1100 visit to Rheinau 1200 lunch in Schaffhausen, possibly at MacDonalds 1300 visit to Rhine Falls 1400 to Spa Bad Zurzach Alternative: 1200 lunch in Stein am Rhein Alternative: 1300 visit to floral paradise Insel Mainau 1700 return to Berne arriving about 1900
Summer (there are many local festivals in July, as school holidays in southern German start late.)	Saturday 0900 meet at railway parking, Berne 1200 Villingen/Schwennigen lunch and shopping Alternative: Golf at Obere Alp near Stuehlingen 1500 visit to Spa Bad Durrheim 1800 dinner in Donaueschingen at the source of the Danube river 1900 return to Griessen 2100 visit to a local festival Sunday 0900 farmers' brunch and making sandwiches 1100 climbing mountain to the ruins of Kussaberg for lunch 1400 swimming in Lauchringen or Zurzach Alternative: castle museum or Roman tour of Zurzach Alternative: boat trip on Rhine 1700 return to Berne arriving about 1900
Fall	Saturday 0900 meet at railway parking, Berne 1100 Rheinfelden shopping and lunch 1500 visit to Spa Bad Saeckingen and historical town 1800 return to Griessen 2000 dinner at local restaurant or local festival Sunday 0900 farmers' brunch and making sandwiches 1100 via Schaffhausen and Stein am Rhein to the Bodensee 1300 lunch and sightseeing in Konstanz Alternative: as in Summer in Zurzach Alternative: visit to PSI Paul Scherrer nuclear research institute and KKW atomic power station Leibstadt 1700 return to Berne arriving about 1900