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After being sternly advised NOT to go to the tourist trap of Titisee — I hopped on a train to Titisee. 😀

BUT like every tourist trap, IF you divert anywhere away from the tour buses, it’s lovely.

Titisee was a quick and convenient way for me to sidetrack from the Rhine River to visit the Black Forest — my first time.

To be honest, the hiking did not look all that spectacular. Cycling is better.

I opted to cycle around the lake, as everyone does in Germany.

Then headed out to Stage 4 of the Black Forest Panorama Cycle Path.

Over 2 days I did at least 100km in the Black Forest. Nice.

Wild camped.

Sadly, the final town no longer had a working train station. I scrambled, taking over 4 hours on three trains to get back to the Rhine. And into Strasbourg, France.

By coincidence, same day, France was playing Spain in sports ball … losing to Spain, 2-1.