We started off today by leaving Lindau and had two castle visits on the agenda before arriving in the black forest region. I picked out Sigmaringen castle sort of as an afterthought, reasoning that it was kind of sort of on the way to the main stop of Hohenzollern. Well, surprises are always abound when on holiday exploring. When we arrived into the town of Sigmaringen, we stumbled upon the Vino Miglia vintage car rally taking place right through the small downtown area. What a cool sight to see some vintage european machinery on a Friday afternoon, and an odd 30’s Chevrolet seemingly lost in the German countryside. Looks like they have a FB page here. When we actually saw the castle, it was absolutely beautiful and was a real sight to take in. We went ahead with the tour, which was in German only (but with a full english binder full of facts for the tour). That was well worth it as this castle has some real history inside it’s walls. Tons of original weaponry from a thousand years ago and turns out that this castle is in the same family line as our next stop Burg Hohenzollern. This one was amazing just from the location of it’s structure atop a mountain and it’s perspective on the towns below. Truly breathtaking, I know I use this word a lot but there is no other way to describe this country! This hour tour was also in German, but with an accompanying English binder full of castle description and was well worth the time. After a lengthy ride into the Black Forest, we finally arrived into our hotel for the night, the Park Adler, great spot that would surely be packed in the wintertime as it reminds me of Tahoe in it’s scenery. Tomorrow would include a nice drive up some A road Autobahn back into Stuttgart! By the way, in case you were wondering, we were cruising a 991 GTS Cabriolet, set up by the wonderful folks at Fastlane Travel. This thing was absolutely addicting… I’m a manual guy but that PDK with Sport Plus, an absolute brilliant combination! Tons of A road footage, I have to sit and put some clips together at some point. Thanks Sven for this and all of the arrangements for this week, had a blast and can’t wait to do it all over again!