Baden-Baden is a nice place to go strolling. (Rick Steves recommends you stroll with your Poodle.) Especially along the Lichtentaler Allee, a speciman-tree filled park, with a fountain here and a sculpture there, and running along the Oosbach river.
One afternoon we decided to drive south through the famous Black Forest (Schwarzwald). Baden-Baden is at the northern edge so it wouldn't have been a long drive. There is a clock museum in Furtwangen and Black Forest Museum in Triberg both of which Don had seen on a previous trip but would have enjoyed seeing again.
To avoid duplicating the scenery we decided to take the autobahn (A5) to our southern terminus and then return through the scenic drive. Well, it turned out that this was a bad choice. The A5 was totally clogged. We spent an hour or so inching along and seeing no prospect for improvement gave up the whole excursion. This is common enough on U.S. trips but somehow we were a little surprised here.
Back in town we indulged in some more window shopping. Here the merchandise was a little more up-scale than in previous towns.
It's hard for the shutterbug to pass up a fountain (left).
This tiling pattern (right) for paving the sidewalks and plazas we saw in virtually every town not just Baden-Baden. Usually there was only one color of brick but the pattern was the same.
Our last day in Baden-Baden was actually spent in Worms. (To keep from smiling at the thought, pronounce it Vumz".) We had a hard time finding a room there so we came back to go to the concert and overnight.