German Clock Museum

Astronomical clock from 1774

Next door to our hotel was the German Clock Museum, which entertained and enlightened us for more than two hours this morning.  Featuring an in-depth history of Black Forest clocks, nevertheless the museum's many displays span timepiece history from its inception in the middle ages right up to the present. 


At 2 the weather was cold and drizzly, so we headed indoors, opting for a tuna pizza and a lamb kabob plate, which we figured at 9 euros ($11) total would be just right. Turns out that it was way more food than we needed (e.g. the pizza was over 12"), so we left half of it uneaten.  At 3 pm we finally hopped on the Bonnie and headed for our last local stop just north of town at the source of the Danube (see Rob's final photo comment last night). Actually there's some question about this attribution -- see today's photos.


Finally heading out of Furtwangen, we had sun but then rain, some of it heavy (luckily that was only while we were waking up ourselves with coffee at the McDonalds in Titisee-Neustadt).  After a mere 75 miles of travel we decided at 6 pm to secure lodging in the town of Tuttlingen (rde: The superior hotel wanted $140, so we chose instead the perfectly comfortable inferior one for $90).  We noted some light industry on our way into town and later discovered (according to Wikipedia --do we believe?) that 50% of the world surgical instruments are manufactured here!


We took an evening walk through town and along the (still small) Danube.  Tomorrow perhaps we'll visit the city of Ulm, which we missed last year due to rain and time constraints.