Trip to Loffingen

Catching the train to go to
Loffingen.

Sunday went to a town called Loffingen, higher in the Black Forest. The person who owns our townhouse invited us to lunch. His name is Fritz and he's the minister at a church there. So we attended the service. It was kind of weird because it was all in German. I recognized the Apostle's Creed and the Lord's Prayer.

This is the outside and inside of the Lutheran/Evangelical Church in Loffingen

Town of Loffingen

After a huge, delicious lunch we went for a walk around the town. Oddly, we saw lots of witches.



Witches in Loffingen. Which witch is which?

We walked by the big Catholic church that had a huge steeple. When we got next to it, I looked up and I thought it was falling on us. But it was actually the clouds moving so fast behind the tower. Katie made fun of me because I held my arms over my head instead of running from it!

Steeple of the Cathlic Church in Loffingen.

Today, my mom and I took the train into the Freiburg marketplace. It goes on every day until 11 in the morning except for Sunday right next to the Münster. It has vegetables, flowers, fruit, honeys, all kinds of different olives and spices, baked goods, different kinds of bratwursts, and other wursts, wooden toys and crafts.

Market place in Freiburg.

Madison, Wisconsin is a sister city of Freiburg, Germany. This emblem is right next to the town hall in the old city.

I bought this wooden crossbow that shoots corks in the Freiburg marketplace.

Everywhere we go there are big snails, especially after it rains. These are the biggest ones I've seen. Some are real small. I wonder how long it takes them to get across the sidewalk?

My hand next to some of the big ones.