Triberg, while quite a small town, is largely boastful about those things which they take pride in. They are home to schwarzwald museum, which gives the history and traditions of the area. If you're less of a museum goer and more of an outdoor doer, then the town of Triberg will proudly tell you that they are also home to the tallest German waterfall. Interestingly enough, it's actually the 2nd tallest. It was still beautiful and made for a nice excursion through the forest.
Taken from above the waterfall. In this picture you can see sunlight coming through the top of the trees; however, there is a reason that it is the black forest. Most often the sun is kept at a distance as the forest is so dense.
Looking out over the hills.
Lunch! I finally got some Schwarzwald Kirchetorte. It was everything I had hoped for! Sadly, there is none left to share.
Once again the architecture was very unique to the area. Unfortunately, most of the time we saw the houses we were on a bus so I wasn't able to get any good pictures. Every house had a beautiful arrangement of flowers from their windows. I've been inspired to try and find my green thumb when I get back stateside (ha!).
Triberg is perhaps most popularly known for its Cuckoo clocks, so of course we had to visit the first world's largest Cuckoo clock. A new clock has recently been built to claim the fame of the world's largest, but this one has more charm. I must admit that I felt like a true tourist as it's an attraction that is out of the way and after arriving I felt much more like I had stopped at one the popular roadside attractions that plague the US Interstates: world's largest ball of yarn, the three legged cow, largest statue of a prairie dog, etc. I can say that I stopped by and paid to see the world's largest Cuckoo clock. It took all of 15 minutes to walk from the bus, pay, get an explanation as to how it worked and to see it in action. The next bus didn't arrive for another hour.
The wooden gears were quite impressive.
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