We left Titisee after seeing the steam train – again.

The road heading west out of the mountains to Freiburg was very interesting with lots of hairpin bends and inconveniently placed rocks.

We arrived in Freiburg and parked up on a central street. It was Sunday so all parking was free.

Freiburg was established in the 12th century and still looks like a medieval town. However a lot had been reconstructed after WWII. Luckily the Munster survived – the outstanding feature of the town.

We first went up the Castle Hill where there had been a small castle on top with a lot of defences all around. There is now no castle and a few walls – but interesting walks and features.

We did it the easy way with the funicular to get us half way up. It was still a bit of a climb to get to the top of the hill. The views of Freiburg were worth it.

Once there we then had to climb the large steel tower – so I was really glad we had saved energy with the funicular.

Going down we chose the steps to bypass the treacherous steep rocky paths. There were little monuments on the way down and nice views.

We were nearly down the bottom when we heard interesting music and found a beer garden overlooking the city. It was perfect – we were thirsty and hungry. A beer and a varied schnitzel salad went down very well.

We did have to move on from the Kastawen Garten. We emerged at the bottom of the hill at one of the last 2 standing city gates. We then walked up the old streets

We walked further into the centre finding the Munster towering over the market square.

We paid the huge sum of 2 euro to get into the space at the back of the choir that contains all the chapels and many ancient art pieces. Unfortunately the online audio guide was under maintenance so we couldn’t find out what was what. We did know that they were 13 chapels set up by different donors and bishops. However here are the things I liked.

There was a concert practice going on in front of the 15th Century Merchants House.

We wandered the streets and found the 16th century Whale House. The name may be linked to the biblical “Story of Jonah and the Whale.”

It was getting late in the afternoon and we still had to drive around 2.5 hours to our next destination Besancon.

We got going travelling alongside the Doubs River for much of it. The Doubs goes through Besancon abd the Jura where we are headed next.

We arrived in Besancon at a reasonable time in the nice Onlycamp Campsite in the edge of Besancon. The facilities are good and supermarkets and the tram into town is only 15 minutes walk away. It was still warm so we sat outside for a while – but rain was threatening again.