The Flunch Deal

Well, I have to say that when it comes to value meals, it's tough to beat Flunch. This is a casual restaurant chain, in a cafeteria style. Don't expect any gourmet food, or top-notch service. Getting your food is self-service, but the portions are great, the food quite tasty, and the prices unbeatable.

The first time we tried it was in Aix-en-Provence last year, but we made another trip to Colmar just last Saturday. What made it especially delicious was that we had biked over 50 km to get there, so we were starving when we arrived. Needless to say, Flunch hit the spot!

Although, in my opinion the Flunch in Aix has a much better layout and atmosphere than the Flunch in Colmar. But hey, Flunch isn't for atmosphere, it's for good, cheap eats....(and the 50 km bike ride back enabled us not to pack on the pounds)

Schluchsee

Tourists visiting the Black Forest seem to end up at Titisee....I guess it's the commercial stores selling cuckoo clocks and the like that attract them there. A much better lake (the largest in the Black Forest) is the Schluchsee. Much better scenery, and instead of tour guided photographing visitors, there just to snap photos, one sees hikers and nature lovers instead.




It's really some great Black Forest scenery....

Mmmm....meat in Bad Krozingen!

Our bike excursions took us again into the Markgräflerland, where we stopped in Bad Krozingen for lunch. Some great meat dishes were served at a food stand, while a wind orchestra was playing some music.

The meat was really tender and delicious!

Betty had the Pork Hocks (Schweinshäxle) which is really a Bavarian specialty. This was the best one we ever ate in Baden, where it's also served at times. Usually Pork Hocks in Baden cannot compete with those from Bavaria, but this came close:



I had the Grillbraten (I assume pork) with Knödel, which is really a bread-ball, which was awesome:


A nice 50 km under our belt today, on racing bikes.....we'll have to venture further next time!

Straußwirtschaft in Opfingen

"Go west young man", and so we did.....west to Opfingen, a village about 13 km away from Freiburg.

A nice little Straußwirtschaft called the Sonnenbrunnen Strauße (the Sun-Fountain) was there, with outdoor seating:


We enjoyed some of the local made grape juice and Gutedel wine (Chasselas)


Betty was on a Wurstsalat binge, so here was her dish:


While I opted for the house specialty: Cheese-Potato balls, with ham, cheese, and other garnishes:


Some Rösti at the end really hit the spot:


A very nice Day 2 to our long weekend!