It was never part our plans to stay in Freiburg on our tour of Europe. In fact we weren't even going to get off the train in Germany at all, but somewhere in the middle of a mammoth trip between Rome and Amsterdam via Geneva we decided that we needed a nice bed for the night and it just happened that trains for the 'Dam stopped off and left from Freiburg.
So with time running out on the train, we skimmed through our ever trusty Lonely Planet Guide to Europe and the Gasthaus Zur Sonne caught our eye because of the promise of reasonably priced rooms and 'a magnificent breakfast' (which I'll get to later.)
The only problem we experienced with this place was that the owner did not speak English but thankfully I paid attention in High School German and even though I was a bit rusty I remembered enough to book us a room for 3 people for the night.
After staying in nothing but hostels for a couple of weeks, this place was absolute luxury. The rooms we clean and tidy, the beds... more