Sunday, May 28. Tied up in Breisach. Took bus to the Black Forest. Beautiful scenery, but we made no stops to view. Our destination was a pure tourist stop with various shops. Being Sunday, it was crowded. One storefront had a building-sized cuckoo clock. Cuckoo clock demonstration, glassblowing, Fruit wine, etc. The only redeeming demo was on how to make Black Forest cake. Very entertaining. But, though we were told we’d be able to taste the cake, as soon as the demo was over we were rushed back onto the buses. It was a worthwhile bus ride but it could have been so much more.

Our last dinner on board served black forest cake, made for 175 people. Small pieces that did not look at all like the demo’s result. I had seconds, but still felt short-changed.