Racing through the Black Forest

For all its charm in cuckoo clocks and fairy tales, the Black Forest Germany also won us over with its many toboggan rides. After the hullabaloo of trying to find a new place to stay on the fly after our confirmed location nixed the confirmed reservation, we spent the remainder of the day speeding down the beautiful German hill side. 

One thing was clear when we first got on, these things are fast--faster than anything that we're used to in the US (in fact, I doubt these would pass the strict ride regulations in the US). Careening down the hills at a dizzying speed was an absolute blast. The blurriness of our pictures should attest to how fast these things went. 

The littlest of the crew was quite apprehensive when we first got on, and it was a bit hard to get him to get on. But it only took one race down the hill to get him begging to go again, and again, and again. Just look at that smile on his face:

The Black Forest toboggan rides...just another reason we love Germany!